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S.A.D. = Seasonal Affective Disorder
In the winter, when the days get shorter (lightwise) and it gets dark very early, many people experience symptoms of depression ranging from light to severe. While you can't change the natural pattern of night and day, there are several effective ways of dealing with it, and some won't cost you any money!
GET HAPPY: Lightboxes
Lightboxes are a traditionally recommended way to brighten your mood during the darker times of the year. Many specialists say that by subjecting yourself to intense light for a few minutes each day, you'll feel better and more refreshed.
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GET HAPPY: Holiday Lights
Decorative party lights are also awesome ways to create a fun mood.
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GET HAPPY: More fun, decorative lights
Set Of 10 Fire Department Red Hat Christmas Lights
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GET HAPPY: Write about it
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GET HAPPY: Alter your work hours
Are you sad?
Many people get sad or depressed in the winter. Sometimes it has to do with the stress of the holidays, and sometimes it's because of the short days and dark nights that make you feel like going to bed at 6pm! (Not that that's always a bad thing...)
GET HAPPY: Find a winter hobby
GET HAPPY: Exercise
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GET HAPPY: Fun and fresh artwork
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GET HAPPY: Gorgeous gift boxes
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GET HAPPY: Make it movie night
With a Netflix subscription you can rent unlimited DVD's and have them delivered right to your door. With thousands of movies to choose from, every night can be movie night!
- 001- The Bucket List
When corporate mogul Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) wind...- 002- Little Miss Sunshine
Convinced their little Olive (Abigail Breslin) is beauty queen material, parents Richard (Greg Kinne...- 003- The Devil Wears Prada
After taking a job in the Big Apple as assistant to powerful fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestl...- 004- The Holiday
Stuck in a vicious cycle of dead-end relationships with two-timing men, Los Angeles resident Amanda...- 005- Get Smart
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) promotes h...- 006- Knocked Up
A one-night stand results in an unexpected pregnancy for entertainment reporter Alison (Katherine He...- 007- Failure to Launch
In a desperate attempt to push their thirtysomething son Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) out of the nest...- 008- Stranger than Fiction
As best-selling novelist Kay Eiffel (Emma Thompson) struggles with how to kill off her main characte...- 009- Click
Overworked architect Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) stumbles on a universal remote control that gives...- 010- Burn After Reading
In this darkly comic farce from Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, an ousted CIA official (John Malkovich) lo...- Try Netflix free for 14 days
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- davidstillwagon davidstillwagon Jun 11, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
- It seems that my mood seems to change when Winter comes on. I don't know if it is the cold weather or the bare trees or just the general setting of the season.
good lens 5*
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- davidstillwagon davidstillwagon Jun 11, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
- It seems that my mood seems to change when Winter comes on. I don't know if it is the cold weather or the bare trees or just the general setting of the season.
good lens 5*
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- 1richgeek 1richgeek Jan 23, 2009 @ 10:51 pm
- Good Article - (I will be passing it your link on to a good friend who suffers from S.A.D.). Lots of variety, lots of great ideas. Something for everyone. Thank you!
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- 1richgeek 1richgeek Jan 23, 2009 @ 10:51 pm
- Good Article - (I will be passing it your link on to a good friend who suffers from S.A.D.). Lots of variety, lots of great ideas. Something for everyone. Thank you!
John, author of http://www.squidoo.com/Healthy-Lifestyle-1
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- UMT UMT Mar 18, 2008 @ 1:05 pm
- This is depression of a thing is a really a big issue in the Developed World. Very little or none is reported in Africa, I wonder why, or maybe I'm wrong on this. Great lens for me.
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