![]() ![]() Seasonal anxiety disorder, or SAD, is a complicated disorder where a person tends to experience more anxiety during certain months. However, there is a lot of overlap between depressive and anxiety symptoms, so seasonal affective disorder may also present primarily in terms of anxiety symptoms that come about at a certain time of year. Usually, this disorder is considered to be a subtype of depression and it may be given the name “major depression with a seasonal pattern”. Seasonal anxiety disorder is a layman term for the clinical term ‘seasonal affective disorder’. ![]() ![]() Introduction to Seasonal Anxiety Disorder During specific seasons - usually winter, but not always - a person experiences anxiety and depression for no obvious reason, other than the change in the season.Īt first this condition was believed to be a myth, and it was blamed on the winter months typically being a tough time (holiday blues, colder weather, illnesses, etc.), but now psychologists do believe that some people's mental health is affected by the change in seasons, and this can have an effect on your anxiety. Seasonal anxiety disorder is an unusual condition. ![]()
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