Fight off Depression from Winter Cold,
Long Nights, and Holiday Stress

The winter crud that climbed into me last year sat into my sinuses and didn't leave for two months.  So this Friday I'm getting my flu shot.  And to prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and  the holiday burn-out blues,  I'm going to give myself some powerful preventive medicine.   If you want to inoculate yourself against a mood infection this winter, here are some things that will keep your spirits up.

If you believe these things will really help, but you can't make yourself do any of them, you may be clinically depressed.  This week I have made three podcasts on depression, and the first one is just out today: http://brainfood.libsyn.com/overcoming-depression-part-1-of-3  Just don't fight depression alone.  Fighting off the blues is definitely a team sport.

And remember most of all that we reap what we sow.  If we look around at what is missing, what is wrong, we will find it, and sadly, it will find us.  But if we look for what is good, true, uplifting, if we try to bring good things to others, we may discover that winter becomes our favorite time of year.

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Dr. Paul F. Schmidt