Help with depression and low mood

Beating the Winter Blues

It’s autumn, the days are getting shorter, it’s dark by teatime and you feel tense and anxious. The pounds are starting to pile on, your energy levels are at zero and you are finding it hard to get going in the morning. Then when you do your spirits are low and you find yourself reaching for the chocolate or biscuits to give you a quick boost.

It is as though you are caught in a vicious circle of feeling low, eating the wrong things to make yourself feel better and then putting on weight, which makes you feel even worse. What can be the matter? You could be suffering from seasonal affective disorder or SAD. Read more >