Category Archives: Seasonal Affective Disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder – My Symptoms

After my recent diagnosis of SAD, I wanted to write a couple of posts on my symptoms and things I’ve found helpful. I hope to help raise awareness of how SAD impacts on daily life, and hope that someone else … Continue reading

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A Depressive Rant

Yes, that’s right, it’s time for another brain dump! Also, I’ve finally set up a twitter account for this blog, so feel free to follow. A lot of the people whose blogs I used to follow haven’t been active in … Continue reading

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A Diagnosis At Last!

Following on from my last post, I had had enough of not knowing for sure whether I had seasonal affective disorder, and also wanted to find out if there were any anger management/ stress management resources I could access as … Continue reading

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On Being Solar-Powered

It’s been a while since I posted on here so I thought I’d give a quick update. My grandma passed away at the end of July, only a day after she ended up having to go into the hospice. Sadly … Continue reading

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J’ai un crocodile

So I came across this video a few days ago: It’s a very good metaphor for what having social anxiety disorder is like. The difference being that overcoming SA is not as simple as just telling ourselves not to worry. … Continue reading

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Descent into the darkness

I’m finally done with coursework for this semester at uni and will now hopefully have more time to update my blog. I’ve got quite a lot of things to write about. ******************************************************************************* My mood has taken quite a dramatic nose … Continue reading

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