{"id":1755,"count":6,"description":"<h1>Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)<\/h1>\r\n<h3>What is Seasonal Affective Disorder:<\/h3>\r\nSAD is the depression some people intermittently develop over the darker winter months. When someone is affected by SAD, energy levels are slump, enthusiasm dwindles, and they start to feel depressed. Though these symptoms can feel severe, when spring rolls around, they usually clear up again.\r\nResearch says the emergence of SAD is mostly associated with the winter\u2019s lack of sunlight: our brains produce more happy chemicals on sunny days than dark days. The sun in some ways functions as a natural antidepressant. It stimulates the production of vitamin D in the skin, which is known for its many health effects, including the treatment of depression.\r\n<h3>What to do about seasonal affective disorder:<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>When the sun is shining during the winter months, make the effort to get outside and bask in it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If the sun doesn\u2019t always shine where you live, consider supplementing with vitamin D.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If the seasonal change doesn\u2019t bring about a mood change, it might be worth talking to your healthcare professional about more chronic conditions that may be affecting you.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","link":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad\/","name":"Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)","slug":"seasonal-affective-disorder-sad","taxonomy":"problems-concerns","parent":0,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Archives - Amazingy Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amazingy.com\\\/magazine\\\/problems-concerns\\\/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amazingy.com\\\/magazine\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Archives - Amazingy Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/problems-concerns\/1755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/problems-concerns"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/problems-concerns"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?problems-concerns=1755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}