SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder

This is about SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder

SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder is a big problem for many people.

When I began writing this page, I anticipated a page of perhaps 2000 words.

I stopped writing at around 20,000 words, which is far longer than any right-minded reader can stomach! Most pages on this site have under 4,500 words. But … 20,000 words! – who’ll stay awake long enough to read it?

So, apologies, but I’ve turned the page into a book. It’s an e-book which you can buy on Amazon.

Here’s the link: https://amzn.to/3XfX062

Shortly it will also be a paperback – link to come.

Eventually I shall sell it on other sites.

Your constructive feedback – after reading it – will be welcome – please do use the space at the bottom of the page!

How Chinese Medicine can help SAD  – Season Affective Disorder

Winter is cold and dark, as the nights grow longer and the days shorter – these are yin-type qualities. They press in on us, lowering our bounce, depressing our feelings and de-motivating us.

In fact, there is a whole host of symptoms, well-documented, associated with Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Symptoms include headaches, depression, irritability, poor sleep, indifference to life, fatigue and loss of appetite. That’s quite a list!

In the book I explain why some people may be susceptible to these symptoms even though it’s not winter. (Quite a lot of people, potentially, actually.) You’ll quickly understand why from the book, and if so, see what to do about it.

So SAD is a situation caused by too much YIN. We call this an externally generated form of Yin Excess.

What can you do about it?

By describing it as a form of Excess Yin, Chinese medicine suggests that increasing Yang energy will compensate and balance the Yin excess.

Obviously … good quality LIGHT will work. That’s what a doctor discovered in 1980s.

What other sources of Yang can you use?

Lots, as it turns out! That’s what this book is about.