SEASONAL DEPRESSION.

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER:
“S.A.D.” (NOUN) 1. DEPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH LATE AUTUMN AND WINTER THOUGHT TO BE CAUSED BY A LACK OF LIGHT.

AKA: SEASONAL DEPRESSION

FACTS:

1. ≈10 million affected each year

2. 1/2 American's suffer from S.A.D.
3. 60%-90% who suffer are women (so be nice to your ladies men)
4.Lack of sunlight increases your body's melatonin levels
(melatonin is a chemical that regulates our sleep)
5. Obviously you are not alone.

        REASSURANCE: It is okay to blame the weather.
It is also okay to sit around the house, under every possible blanket you can find, eat more carbs than normal, watch Netflix movies filmed in various warmer parts of the world, cry more than once a week, and converse about the effects of your state of mind with nearly everyone in bypassing while wearing your high school pajamas.

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HOWEVER: YOU ABSOLOUTLEY CANNOT MAKE THIS YOUR FULL TIME JOB.

 –BECAUSE-

A) YOU DO NOT GET PAID TO DO SO

 B)YOU WILL ONLY DEPRESS YOURSELF MORE

 C) YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, & EVEN STRANGERS NEED YOUR GOOD VIBES NOW MORE THAN EVER.

(There are a few solutions for symptom relief)

I recommend poppin' a Vitamin D before breakfast each day. Turning your bathroom into a sauna AT LEAST once a week, while doing so pretend your bath is the Ocean and even though "we all hate the state" close your eyes and embrace the Florida humidity; Take advantage of the snow and build a snowman, sip & sled, and drift the shit out of your probably already rusted-out car, and last but not least...put on your swimsuit, find a boat, grab a pineapple, some shades and pretend you are starring in a Wes Anderson Film.
-maybe not the last one, but you get the point-

This annoying array of emotions will not last Forever.

 Feeling...

Lethargic
Unmotivated
Distracted 
Sad
Pessimistic
Anxious
Irritable

...will not last forever.

BESIDES, IM PRETTY SURE LANA DEL RAY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EVER EXPERIENCED “SUMMER-TIME SADNESS”

  

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