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Do You Live with Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Do you find you feel a less energetic during the fall and winter months? If so, you may be living with seasonal affective disorder. I know I used to really feel differently then. I remember being at home when I was growing up. Yes, I was very young when I began to experience it. In my bedroom, the light changed, the shadows were different…longer. I just didn’t feel great. I struggled with depression from the age of twelve until several years ago when I changed my eating lifestyle and gave myself a new lease on life. During these past few years, I occasionally still notice I can feel a bit off…
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Coping with Holiday Depression
Coping with Holiday Depression There’s something very rare and very real when people who struggle with depression open up and share their struggles around coping with holiday depression. As a recovering depressed person, I can always tell if the discussion is clinical and factual or if it is coming from the heart or the gut… There’s a pain that comes with depression that you can’t pretend. I am always reading about depression; depression and food, depression and exercise, depression and state of mind thinking, etc. Today I read a really good article written by Kasandra Brabaw. In the article she shares the experiences of four women with depression at holiday…