Why do I feel depressed every autumn? What should we do?

If you find yourself depressed, slow-thinking, anxious and unwilling to get in touch with people around you when autumn and winter come, you need to pay attention, which is probably caused by "Sad Autumn Syndrome".

"Every autumn and winter, many people will unconsciously feel depressed, inexplicably agitated and depressed, and they are not interested in anything." Lu, director of the Second Department of Clinical Psychology of the Fourth People's Hospital of Urumqi, said that this is because the biological clock of the human body does not adapt to the change of short sunshine time, which leads to physiological rhythm disorder, endocrine disorder and emotional and mental disorders.

Among them, the most obvious symptoms of depression are persistent depression, emotional adjustment disorder lacking pleasure, which can be manifested as inner depression, depression, lack of interest in life, often accompanied by loss of appetite and sleep problems.

People with poor psychological endurance are easy to let go of things, people and things and fall into self-pity. In order to eliminate sadness, we must carry out psychological self-adjustment with a positive and optimistic attitude, establish a positive and cheerful attitude towards life and a hopeful belief in life, improve self-evaluation, enhance our ability to resist setbacks and inject positive psychological energy.

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It is wise to exercise at night.

Evening exercise can coordinate the process of excitation and inhibition of cerebral cortex, improve the working efficiency of nerve cells, help stabilize mood and improve sleep.

Early to bed and early to rise.

In autumn, we should "go to bed early and get up early", go to bed early and conform to Yin Qi's convergence, and get up early to stretch our lungs and prevent excessive convergence. In addition, the days are short and the nights are long, and the weather is cool. People are prone to drowsiness, and their mood will become depressed if they sleep too much. Regular life, going to bed early and getting up early will make people feel full. This season, we should increase the sleep time at night to make up for the lack of sleep in summer.