As the days get shorter during the chilly winter months, many people experience sadness and anxiety. For some, this could just be a case of ‘winter blues’, but for others, it may be Seasonal Affective Disorder, aptly abbreviated as SAD.
According to psychiatrist Dr. Jason Hershberger in an article with The Huffington Post, “there are overlapping symptoms of sadness and melancholy, but holiday blues often lift after the holidays pass, [while] seasonal affective disorder typically runs until there is a significant change in the amount of sunlight that the patient experiences."
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