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.
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