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RE: Seasonal Depression - 11/28/2007 8:17:18 PM

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Religion really isn't a big role here. Long before Christianity, many if not all cultures and religions celebrated there own winter festivals. When Rome converted to Christianity, it simply converted all there pegan holidays to Christian ones. There Winter Festival was turned into Christmas. No one cared when Christ was really born. It just felt good to make that the time to celibrate his birth on earth. No matter what you belive, when winter hits, you'll think of something to stay happy.

If Easter fell during the winter time, I assure you that it would have more attention than Christmas. Homes, buildings, and such would be decorated with Easter Lights, Easter Trees, and so on. Like you said "In darkness, we need Christmas with an intensity we don't bring to Easter." It really does not matter what we celbrate. It just that "In Darkness" we tend to celebrate more than we would in light. After all, we have to clebrate more when it's dark to make the darkness become just as warm and filled with light as those festivals we have in spring time. It takes more work, so we do more work. That's all there is to it.

Some here have mention Light Therapy. Well, during the winter festivites, most of us light fires and enjoy decorative lights. We get closer together to stay warm. To help us all get along, we sing songs to set the mood and pass time. So in essence, we've been using Light and Music Therapy long before the study and treatment with light and music ever came to pass.

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RE: Seasonal Depression - 11/28/2007 8:37:09 PM

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Interesting. I wouldn't call it depression, but I notice that I sleep much more at this time of year, and I assume it has to do with the shorter days. No idea what would help, but I have a feeling that long warm nights wouldn't knock me out as much as long cold nights do.

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Anyone else have this? Does light treatment seem to work? What else works?

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RE: Seasonal Depression - 11/28/2007 8:44:09 PM

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I do know that the Christmas tree came from old customs of bringing evergreen branches inside to decorate to liven up the home in Winter. So some of our Christmas traditions stem from the Winter blahs I guess.

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RE: Seasonal Depression - 11/28/2007 9:13:34 PM

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Okay, this is going to sound a little stupid, but I do a bit of light therapy, but combine it with listening to an "Ocean Wave" enviroment's CD... Also, the way I do additional light therapy is to go to a tanning salon a couple times a month. There's a suggestion that its the UV in sunlight that builds up the vitamins in your system, keeping you from becoming depressed.

I try to get outside without sleeves, which works where I live often...

Exercise is the thing that really helps me

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RE: Seasonal Depression - 11/29/2007 4:50:41 AM

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The ancients assumed that the sun was dying because the days got shorter and shorter this time of the year, and the world was growing colder. Evergreen plants like pine trees and holly seemed to have magic in them that resisted the evil winter demons and so they were revered, and brought into the home. Candles and bonfires were burned to help the ailing sun out, and when the days began getting longer and the sun was on the mend again, people rejoiced...

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I do know that the Christmas tree came from old customs of bringing evergreen branches inside to decorate to liven up the home in Winter. So some of our Christmas traditions stem from the Winter blahs I guess.

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