There are variations of SAD just like with any other disorder or emotional state, and people can fall anywhere on that spectrum from mild to more severe. Here are some ideas for managing from which lightbulbs to use to how to incorporate a winter wind-down routine.
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If you think you're hard-wired to be a certain way, act a certain way, or think a certain way, then I hate to break it to you but that's simply not how the brain works. The concept of neuroplasticity is that the human brain is ever changing, adapting, and reorganizing. We are very changeable, healable even- we just have to do the work.
Any healing journey has its ebbs; It’s normal, human, and all part of the journey. Despite all this, going through an ebb is never easy often causing an upheaval of emotions of anger, fear, frustration, disappointment and so much more along with other issues, symptoms, and/or challenges.
Here are some tips for getting through a physical and/or emotional ebb:
Your body sometimes speaks through color
Chakras and our emotions go hand in hand, as do sometimes our physical symptoms/sensations. If we aren't paying close attention we can miss the signs.
This saying, stemmed from an old Chinese parable, changed the way I speak, the way I think, and it allows me to stay open to possibility.