{"id":8509,"date":"2012-02-15T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=8509"},"modified":"2012-02-15T04:00:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T12:00:27","slug":"feelgood-quickie-mental-health-and-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/feelgood-quickie-mental-health-and-sad\/","title":{"rendered":"Feelgood Quickie: Mental Health and SAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/quickie.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/quickie.png\" alt=\"Feelgood Quickie\" title=\"Feelgood Quickie\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/quickie.png 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/quickie-300x60.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sad-winter-blues.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8558\" title=\"sad winter blues\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sad-winter-blues.jpg\" alt=\"sad winter blues\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sad-winter-blues.jpg 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sad-winter-blues-86x300.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAD (seasonal affective disorder) is a very real issue during the winter months. The short days and lack of sunlight can cause sadness and depression. Paying attention to our mental health is the first step in living a healthy and fulfilling life. Here is a great infographic, via <a href=\"http:\/\/visual.ly\" target=\"_blank\">Visual.ly<\/a>, that outlines the symptoms and treatments of SAD. <a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2012\/01\/13\/how-do-you-yoga\/\" target=\"_blank\">Regular exercise<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2011\/12\/22\/want-peace-of-mind-do-this-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">relaxation techniques<\/a> are two of the ways that I find help curb any gloomy feelings that can creep up this time of year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you ever been affected by SAD? What ways do you help to combat it? Feel free to leave any comments, links, questions, or tips and tricks on how to combat SAD!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/visual.ly\/out-light-sad-and-winter-blues\" target=\"_blank\">Visual.ly<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to recognize and combat Seasonal Affective Disorder. <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/feelgood-quickie-mental-health-and-sad\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":12005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[5642,661,15,2990],"tags":[5665,9012,5754,6272,6273,6274,6159,9031],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/quickie12.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}