Thank you for tuning in today. This is Sisilia Cogswell with EagleAir Radio speaking. Today I will be talking about winter depression, along with how it affects everyday life, the cause of it, and ways to help with seasonal beliefs. Wake up, go to school, go home. This is the cycle. Some students find themselves getting stuck in during wintertime with less to do and lack of motivation to do everyday things. Some may feel hopeless during these months. Counselor, Jenney Myler says this can be a hard cycle to break.
I would just say that it is hard because I think people kind of fall into it and then getting themselves back out of it can be difficult as well. And so keeping some sort of routine and just being mindful of it can really help.
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Although it may be difficult to handle, don’t be discouraged. Myler says there are some tips to help cope with it.
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Even though it’s like winter and it might be cold. Taking walks helps and if you can’t walk outside, there’s a lot of community centers and stuff where you can walk indoors. And so any sort of exercise is going to help just alleviate that buildup of stress and daily exercise is really important for that. Making sure you’re hydrating too. I think that just the weather change where generally you’re just more dry and so hydrating with water and getting sleep, but not too much sleep, like regulating your sleep schedule.
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Besides exercise, another way to help can be focusing on gratitude and taking time each day to do so. Some symptoms of winter depression can be feeling out of control with your emotions, being easily irritated and not wanting to do the things you would usually want to do. There is no shame in talking to someone about these feelings. Myler says there are different options.
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Counseling. They would recommend that you see someone or talk to someone, and that can be any kind of trusted adult at that first level. Just kind of checking in with them or like a friend and just communicating your feelings. Opening up. Yep, opening up. And then from there, obviously there’s a lot of resources. There’s even some here at the school or outside of school. The crisis line is a good one too. And you don’t have to be in crisis to use them. Just someone to talk to. Just someone to talk to and to check in on those feelings. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? And so they are licensed counselors and it’s free.
Thank you Mrs. Miler, for the lovely interview. And thank those of you who tuned in to listen for EagleAir Radio, this is Sisilia Cogswell signing off.
