Article:Is It Really The Changing Of Seasons That Causes (SAD) Seasonal Affected Depression?

Is It Really The Changing Of Seasons That Causes (SAD) Seasonal Affected Depression?
by Stress Attack on November 21, 2010
in General
The idea is similar to the fact that if you used to suffer from depression in your past and then one day someone hurt and caused you pain, possibly it can awaken your depression that disappeared for quite sometimes. But remember the one who hurt you now is not the same one who caused your depression in your past. Your present encounter just brought back the sad memories of the past and that’s the reason why you feeling depress again. Similarly, the weather is not the cause of your depression, it just trigger the feelings of sadness you had once before.

Think of this, 10 years ago during the coldness of winter, you got divorce with your spouse; it caused you severe pains and heartaches that stayed in your heart for long time. You terribly suffered for that emotionally and only the passing of time was able to heal your broken heart. One thing we need to understand is that once the heart is wounded, it becomes more fragile and susceptible to pain. This is because our brain is like a recorder; aside from the capacity to record events happen in the past and can also describe the feelings we had and retains it. As our mind recalls back those sad times, the heart feels the pain. But our brain cannot just go back to it if nothing reminds it.

So going back some 10 years ago, when the winter was so cold and freezing, your spouse left you, now you may have already forgotten your spouse but still the pain can be ignited by occurrences related to it. And that is the winter cold. So every year when the cold is there, the pain is also there. So really it is not the weather that cause your depression, it is your life’s frustration that is tied up in it.

Others can feel the same type of anxiety and (SAD) seasonal depression during summer, others in spring and still others, they feel it in autumn. But most common, many people suffer from it in winter time. This is because, winter time which is known to have many holidays and a time for family reunions and gatherings, they are alone. This can make them feel negative that they are left behind and forsaken. And knowing that winter time creates sad environment, their emotions can be closely link to it. When trees seem to be all dead, when there’s no more green leaves, no more flowers and no more beautiful bird’s songs, when the sun hardly appear in the sky, when the moon and the stars seldom shine in the night, their hopes and dreams fall down. Loneliness and emptiness will envelop their world thinking there’s no way to brighten up. These are the causes of sadness that usually occurs during winter time.

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Source: Stress Attack