Writer's Dreams and Stranger Things

I posted a couple of days ago about seasonality. I did not post how to manage it. Here are some tips, taken from Winter Blues, that should help SAD, winter blues and seasonality.

Get more light in any safe way you can:

Use your light box/dawn simulator regularly
Keep blinds open in bedroom to catch morning light.
Go outdoors walking/driving when sun is out.
Brighten house with lights
Spend most of your time in the brightest room

Minimize Stress:

Delay what can be delayed.
Say no to new burdens and commitments without guilt.
Don't undertake unnecessary chores.

Exercise

Keep a journal

Do more of what brings you pleasure and less of what does not.

Accept that winter will never feel as good as other seasons, no matter how hard you try to change that fact.

Accept that this is your down time, accept the quiet of this dormant season.

Remember that Spring will come - it will arrive, it always does.

If antidepressive medications work for you, go on them.

If you can - travel to warmer, sunnier climates. But do not expect the respite from SAD to last once you are back home - it rarely continues more than a couple days.