The Winter Blues

Thanks to seasonal changes, could you be suffering from SAD?

- Alisha Davis

The days are getting darker, the temperature is dropping and it seems we want to do nothing more than curl up inside and wait for summer to reappear in all its glory. It’s natural for most of us to feel pretty uninspired when winter rolls around, but if your mood suddenly plummets with the temperature, you could be suffering from SAD.

Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is pretty much what it says on the tin. It’s a form of depression caused by the shortening of daylight hours and the lack of sunlight in winter, which can cause a biochemical imbalance in the part of the brain which regulates mood, appetite and sleep.