SAD - Mind.org.uk

"For years I suffered from depression. It started in the autumn, as the evenings drew in. By Christmas, I would be so low that I could barely get out of bed… One year, I felt so bad that I went to bed on Christmas Eve and refused to move."

"I first started feeling low in the winter months in my late 20s… Now, every autumn when the clocks change, I feel like I’m being buried alive. I want to hide away and hibernate until it’s all over."

"I find keeping warm makes me feel better. I go to the gym – I do a short work out, around fifteen minutes and then sit in the sauna. Ten minutes in there and a nice shower and I feel a lot better."

For Information go to: http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/seasonal-affective-disorder/#.VwubMOIrKUk