Are you SAD? 10 Tips to Beat Back Seasonal Affective Disorder

Marilyn HansenArticles, Wasatch In The News

The inversion from Eagle Mountain looking east. Following a snow storm which lifted the inversion, this picture taken on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. PATRICK SMITH/Daily Herald

From the Daily Herald.  15 January 2016.  Cathy Allred|Daily Herald

The change of seasons is part of the beauty of living in Utah Valley, but it can be a time of turmoil for those living with Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is more common than one would think. The Academy of Family Practice reports 10 percent of the population may suffer from the seasonal depression. Based on the calculations, there were an estimated 56,000 sufferers in Utah County in 2015.

“Understanding what is going on and knowing that there is a real compensation for it, just recognizing that it’s real [helps],” said therapist Lisa Schumacher, who works at Wasatch Mental Health in Provo.  Click Here to read the entire article.