How the Word Serendipity Can Help During the Winter Months

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The definition of serendipity is as follows: 1. discovery of something fortunate: the accidental discovery of something pleasant, valuable, or useful 2. gift for discovery: a natural gift for making pleasant, valuable, or useful discoveries by accident When we are in a depressed mood if we begin to use words such as Serendipity we may find that we can change our mood. Finding a more positive way of looking at life and the people we come into contact with can definitely change our mood. Movement and rearranging our life can help too. This time of year a lot of people are suffering from depression and in some cases SAD(Seasonal Affective Disorder) also known as winter blues, seasonal depression, winter+Depression, and summer +Depression is related to the amount of daylight a person gets during certain times of the year. About 500,000 people may have winter-onset-Depression and another 10-20% have a mild form. It is more common in women than in men and usually doesn’t start in people younger than 20 years old. The risk of SAD decreases as adults get older. It is usually more prevalent in the northern regions where winter lasts longer and is harsher. Symptoms of SAD are weight gain, craving for starchy or sweet foods, oversleeping, drop in energy level, fatigue, problems concentrating, irritability and anxiety, avoidance of activity you used to enjoy, and sensitivity to social rejection. Having this during the Winter months is no fun. Do you have it or do you know someone who does?