The melancholy that comes with the onset of the cold season has a separate name - "autumn depression". And its appearance is physiologically justified.
The reasons
First, daylight hours become shorter, and after a hard day, a person does not have time to get a dose of vitamin D.
Secondly, the thermometers are dropping lower and lower day by day. The coming cold is stress for the body, which automatically reconfigures to the mode of accumulating reserves and saving energy.
Add vitamin deficiency here, because fresh fruits and vegetables, which we eat more in summer, disappear from the diet. The body is weakened, infections are approaching, working capacity falls … And the surrounding pictures are not pleasing to the eye: there is slush around, bare trees - sheer despondency!
Ways to Deal with Depression
The reasons for the autumn depression are clear. Now let's talk about how to deal with each of them. Actual tips:
- Be sure to start taking a good vitamin and mineral complex. Be sure to add fruits and vegetables to the menu once a day. The more juicy and bright foods on the table, the higher your mood and the better your well-being.
- Get enough sleep! This is perhaps the most urgent and urgent advice. Lack of adequate sleep undermines the body's endurance, even if you yourself do not notice it.
- Spend more time outdoors. When the rainy seasons begin, we tend to hide from them at home. Try to use every opportunity to take a walk, say, in a park. Take pictures of landscapes - a little creativity has not bothered anyone yet.
- Go in for sports. Exercise will keep you in shape and strengthen your immune system. They also cause the hormone of happiness to be produced.
- Why don't you drop by the solarium sometimes? If you feel a lack of sunshine, this is a really good substitute.
- Be sure to find a new hobby for yourself - paint, start sewing an outfit for the New Year's holiday, or master a new sport. Try to learn something new every day.
- Change your surroundings. Get out to meet friends often, go to the theater or cinema. And why not go out of town to the recreation center?
- Pamper yourself. Have you noticed how often little things and small details make us rejoice, like children? Buy yourself a bright shirt, make mulled wine and a fragrant lemon pie, invite old friends to visit - and now, life has already sparkled with colors!
Medical help
Don't forget: depression and depression are different. If you notice that your apathy has taken on a painful form - you cannot eat or sleep, you are not left with increased anxiety, or suddenly (and everything can happen!) You do not want to live, be sure to consult a specialist doctor.
There are stages of depression that are considered not a psychological state, but a real illness, they already require medication. Do not postpone your visit and, of course, appreciate every day you live. And it doesn't matter - sunny summer outside the window today or dull and rainy autumn.
