Your home environment can have a significant impact on your mental health, especially during the colder months. Here’s how ...

Past trauma and chronic stress are sad experiences that leave people always waiting for something bad to happen.

Man in front of a light therapy box, which mimics the sun and treats people suffering from seasonal affective disorder. You don't need a clinical definition to know something's off when the mere ...

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), now known clinically as major depressive disorder with seasonal patterns, is a condition that causes sadness or depression when the seasons change. It most typically ...

Some of the saddest songs ever written come from the country music library. The genre has always been known for having a sensitive side, even if it's sometimes buried under some parties and ...

Music can heal you in many ways, but nothing comes close to the salve of sad songs when you’re at your lowest. Imagine Emma, who comes home after a long and stressful day at work, dealing with tight ...

SAD lamps to banish the winter blues, tried and tested - Mood-boosting light therapy can help to brighten the dreariest time ...

With the clocks going back at the end of October, we’re officially into the Autumn/Winter months, where the temperature gets colder and the days get darker. During this time of year, many people ...

Adele’s new album, “30”, is finally available. Last month, hundreds of millions of us streamed its first single, “Easy On Me.” This song evokes feelings not easily put into words. But we can probably ...

The shorter daylight hours and reduced sunlight in the fall and winter mean less light exposure, which can make you want to hit snooze on your alarm clock and sleep all day. This case of the seasonal ...

There’s something about sad movies that draws us in. Why do so many of us suffer through the magnum opus of tearjerker movies, Titanic, multiple times? Why do we revisit the tragedy of Romeo and ...

Have you ever noted that you sleep more in the winter months? Or eat more carbs or have low energy? If you do, then you might be one of the around 6 percent of the higher latitude populations with ...