With the onset of autumn and the arrival of the first cold weather, many people are depressed. It is raining, the landscapes are becoming more gloomy, the sun is not enough. A melancholy mood makes it difficult to enjoy life. People who are prone to depression experience a lack of energy.
A person's well-being depends on the length of daylight hours and on solar activity. Due to seasonal changes, our hormonal background changes. The production of the "hormone of joy and pleasure", serotonin, is reduced. At the same time, the production of the hormone melatonin increases, and it has a hypnotic effect. Therefore, we experience a state of "lethargy", a decrease in vitality.
People are affected by the fall blues to varying degrees, but change affects everyone. In autumn, the immune system is weakened, fatigue appears faster, and due to the lack of sunlight, we lack vitamin D.
How to get rid of the autumn blues
Add physical activity
Exercise, spend more time outdoors, sit less at your computer and watch TV.
Bring bright colors to your life
Dress brighter, decorate your apartment with more colorful curtains.
Add more light to your surroundings
Open the windows for sunlight penetration, and be outdoors more often during daylight hours. Because only bright light contributes to the production of serotonin.
Observe the daily routine
Try to go to bed early, because the evening sleep gives much more strength to restore the body than the night.
Spend more time with nice people
Visit friends, invite to your place, walk together. Nothing replaces live communication.
Be in good shape
Take vitamins. Use tinctures of ginseng, eleutherococcus, schisandra chinensis. They will cheer you up and make you feel better.
Go shopping
Go shopping, choose gifts for your loved ones for the holidays. Buy yourself something that will make you happy.
Do some handicrafts
Knitting, embroidery, cooking, there are so many interesting and exciting activities. Creative passion will have a positive effect.
Change your image
Change your hairstyle, hair color, try to dress in an unusual style for you. Any constructive change will be beneficial.
Do the cleaning
Take care of your household, arrange a general cleaning. When hands are busy, there is no time to be depressed. When the house is changing before your eyes, it is impossible not to feel joyful emotions! And this is exactly what we need now.
