Tuesday 19 May 2009

Beating SAD


How I beat the winter blues

When the clocks go back, it spells gloom for Julian Hall and thousands like him. But now he's beaten seasonal affective disorder. Here's how...

I am one of those people for whom Nik Kershaw's "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" is a heartfelt anthem. I once heard a joke linking that song to Freud's work on the Oedipus complex, but the sentiment is no laughing matter for a sufferer of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), the medical condition whereby low light levels depress the mood.
Photo - Carlos Jasso