SAD Is Serious

Seasonal affective disorder is more than just the winter blues

Ashley Laderer
Elemental
Published in
7 min readNov 7, 2019

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NNot only is mid-fall the start of flu season, it’s also the unofficial start of seasonal affective disorder (aptly abbreviated as SAD) season, which lasts throughout the fall and winter months. Most wonderful time of the year? The 5% of U.S. adults with SAD think not.

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Ashley Laderer
Elemental

writer aiming to make people with mental health conditions feel less alone 🦄 it’s okay to be not okay. instagram + twitter @ashley_unicorn