How to Cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder

By Irene S. Roth

When you suffer to live with SAD, you may have stopped taking care of yourself. You may keep thinking that your life is a never-ending uphill battle and no matter what you do, you won’t be able to do the things that you need to make yourself feel better. It’s easy to feel this way because most days you probably feel that way. But I encourage you to rethink how you regard your SAD and get on the path of wellness and self-care. You can do it and you will have a much more meaningful life.

It is easy to give up; it is harder to carry on and to prosper. But it is in your best interest not to give up. I hope you can all get on that path of self-betterment because of reading this book. Every day in every way, you must try to make your life better and more meaningful. You can do it! I am here cheering you on! This book will help you achieve this.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Irene S. Roth
• Release date: Mar 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215006245

Irene S. Roth

Irene S. Roth, MA is an academic and freelance writer. She writes academically, for teens and tweens and adults. When she isn't writing, she is teaching. She is also pursuing a Master's of Social Work Degree.

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How to Cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Irene S. Roth

Copyright 2023 Irene S. Roth

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

The Psychological Realm

1 – Reframe Your Experience of Pain

2 – Don’t Engage in Negative Self-Talk

3 – Meditate

4 -- Do things you enjoy every day

5 – Commune with nature

6 – Practice Extreme Self-Care

7 – Don’t Overdo it

8 – Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

9 – Problem Solve Instead of Complain

10 – Deal Proactively with Exhaustion

11 – Accept Your Limitations

12 – Live in the Moment and Stay Centered

Conclusion

About the Author

Introduction

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons. SAD usually begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you’re like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months.

Some of the more general signs for seasonal affective disorder are feeling listless, sad or down most of the day, nearly every day for a few weeks or months, losing interest in activities you once enjoyed, having low energy and feeling sluggish, having problems with sleeping too much or too little, experiencing carbohydrate cravings, overeating, and weight gain, having difficulty concentrating, feeling hopeless, worthless or guilty, and worse still having thoughts of not wanting to live.

There are also some specific symptoms for people who experience fall and winter SAD and those experiencing spring and summer SAD.

For people who suffer from Fall and winter SAD, they experience oversleeping, appetite changes, especially a craving for foods high in carbs, weight gain, and tired or low energy.

For people who experience spring and summer SAD, they suffer with trouble sleeping, poor appetite, weight loss, agitation or anxiety, and increased irritability. Both types of SADs are quite debilitating.

Seasonal affective disorder can be very debilitating. It can make you feel like you can’t focus or do anything. We feel low self-esteem and self-confidence. You can’t seem to snap out of this feeling of sadness or gloominess regardless of what you do.

Therefore, it may seem like you can’t experience a good quality of life. However, this isn’t the case. In this e-book, I will show you how to reframe your life and rethink how you do things. I will outline and discuss some of the most important ways you can shift how you think about the disorder. There is no doubt that living with SAD is difficult. However, by revising how you do things daily, you can ensure that you live a good quality of life.

Obviously, it’s important to accept that SAD can be a difficult disorder to control when