Seasonal Affective Disorder
Can the changing seasons cast a shadow on your mind?
4.7 (22)
38 mins
Discover how shifting light and weather patterns trigger emotional highs and lows. Uncover strategies to brighten your mood and reclaim energy during seasonal affective disorder.
Ep 1:
When Winter Changes the Brain
Host Claire Matthews unpacks Seasonal Affective Disorder—from a lawyer's mysterious winter crashes to the Arctic memoirs and 1980s research that first named this hidden epidemic.
Ep 2:
Light, Serotonin, and the Broken Clock
Discover why your zip code, brain chemistry, and internal clock conspire against you in winter, as serotonin dips and circadian rhythms unravel into carb cravings and endless sleep.
Ep 3:
Two Lives, One Diagnosis, and the Power of Light
Meet Brenda and Neil, two attorneys whose opposite battles with SAD reveal a treatment revolution built on light boxes, dawn simulators, and surprising science.
Ep 4:
Making Peace with the Dark Season
Could depression actually serve a purpose? A closing look at SAD's evolutionary roots offers hope, perspective, and practical steps toward brighter days.
Discussions (11)
Glenn
Level 9 · 7 mo agoThe evolutionary benefit angle is total nonsense.
Wilson
Level 6 · 7 mo agoDepression is a bug in the brain, not a feature.
Betty
Level 6 · 7 mo agoNeil using his winter mania to juggle women? Please. Sounds like a typical guy using biology to be a player. His famous family must be so proud.
