All tagged Seasonal affective disorder
It feels like it's dark pretty much all of the time here in Britain at the moment. I'm so glad of all those cheery Christmas lights. This year the winter solstice falls on Sunday 22nd. It’s the longest night, the shortest day. For many years this really bothered me. As someone with seasonal affective disorder lack of light is a real issue. But I now see it as something to be celebrated. We’ve done it, we’ve reached the shortest day which means that little by little, minute by minute the days are going to get longer from here on in. There was a wonderful Christmas episode of Doctor Who a few years ago when the Doctor described midwinter celebrations as celebrations of being halfway out of the dark. That seems like a really good description to me.
I’ve made the most of every moment of summer, but here we are in autumn. I know for a lot of people autumn is their favourite season. The heat of summer has gone but there are often blue skies and beautiful autumn colour. As I’ve mentioned before I have seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and that can make the autumn and winter and even the early parts of spring quite challenging for me. In fact, very challenging some years. I don’t know what each season will bring so I try to approach them as positively as possible.
I run as much for my mental health as for my physical health. Running outside, especially by water reduces my stress and helps me think creatively. So why did I go five whole months without running this year?
