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Dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder: How to Beat the “Winter Blues”
I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-grey,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires. - –Thomas Hardy, from “The Darkling Thrush”
The above poem depicts the typical representation of winter: cold and desolate. Although the holidays between the months of November to March bring celebration, there is also a type of depression that comes along with the changing of the seasons. This feeling is often overlooked as a simple case of the “winter blues,” but it can sometimes be the sign of a much more serious condition known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
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