“While winter SAD is increasingly understood and accepted as a condition, summer SAD remains opaque, unknown and often misunderstood”
We associate summer with being happy, positive and having a great mindset,” says John Junior. “You would think that low mood wouldn't affect you in the summertime, but it does.”
Junior is one of a growing number of people who struggle with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) during summer.
The condition, first identified by psychologist Norman Rosenthal in 1984, is usually associated with winter, with sufferers complaining of low mood and depression as it gets colder and the days become shorter. Research by BUPA suggests three in 100 people will suffer from SAD in their lifetime, with most people getting their first symptoms during their 20s and 30s.
However, while winter SAD is increasingly understood and accepted as a condition, summer
