Fall is approaching, and the days are growing shorter. Within weeks, many people will begin to start feeling the effects of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Some people will experience SAD for the first time, but many others will slump their shoulders with the realization that yet another depressing season has arrived.
A surprising number of people experience SAD each year, and aren’t even aware that their symptoms are part of the disorder. They aren’t alone, however. Although as many as 20 percent of the population may suffer from SAD, the majority of people are only beginning to understand the symptoms of the disorder.
Persons who suffer from SAD cope with feelings of depression, increased cravings for carbohydrates, and sleep more than usual. These symptoms are directly related to the amount of sunlight to which they are exposed. Residents of states that have unusually high numbers of cloudy days, such as persons in Ohio, Michigan, New York, and Minnesota, are diagnosed with SAD more frequently than people who live in states with high numbers of sunny days.
Most people diagnosed with SAD experience relatively mild forms. Symptoms usually begin in the fall, as the earth moves away from the sun and the days begin getting shorter. They usually begin to abate when spring arrives and the days become longer.
This depression, however, can become very severe or last long after spring has arrived. Because SAD is linked primarily to chemical changes in the body, usual depression treatments for this problem are rarely effective. While medications are sometimes effective, people usually don’t begin to experience relief for several weeks, and often have many side effects from the medicine.
Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) offer relief without the nasty side effects of medicine. Within only a few short sessions, clients can begin to learn how to re-program their thoughts to experience relief from the depression. Best of all, however, they don’t have to experience the seesaw of emotions that comes from living through another year of changing seasons. Once they learn to use the techniques, relief is theirs – forever!
See how to eliminate SAD – Depression – using hypnosis.
