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@hans1671102377 · 30 Oct 2023

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Am I just sad or do I have winter depression?

Tired, miserable, sad: many people feel (much) less comfortable in their own skin in the winter. What about that — and is there anything we can do about it? The existence of SAD was discovered in the 1980s by South African psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal. “At that time, I moved from South Africa to the United States,” he says. “I had never experienced the change of seasons before: from the long days of summer to the short days of winter. Closer to the equator, we didn't know that at all. I was shocked by the effect of the sudden short days on myself and how much that affected my mental well-being. THE EFFECT OF THE SEASONS