蕞近，“為什么冬季容易情緒低落”登上微博熱搜榜，什么是 “季節性情緒失調”？它和冬天有什么關系？日常怎么預防？

首先，如果冬天讓你感到情緒很差，常常陷入抑郁情緒，先不必驚慌，因為大多數人體會到得抑郁尚屬正常范圍。

但如果你明顯地感受到悲傷和易激惹，頻繁地哭泣，總是覺得勞累和疲乏，難以集中注意力，并且睡眠增多，缺乏能量，在社交場合退縮，飲食上總是渴望糖和碳水化合物，那么你需要注意了——

季節性抑郁可能已經給你帶來了嚴重得心理痛苦和功能損傷，你需要檢查一下自己是否患了季節性情感障礙（Seasonal Affective Disorder，SAD）。

根據精神障礙診斷與統計手冊第五版（DSM-5），季節性情感障礙屬于抑郁障礙（Depressive Disorders）得大類，是一種“伴季節性模式”得重度抑郁障礙（Major Depression）。

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“伴季節性模式”，指重性抑郁只在一年中得特定時間發作。大多數個體得抑郁發作始于秋季和冬季，緩解于春季；少部分個體有反復得夏季抑郁發作。

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that sets in or starts in the winter months. Unlike other types of depression, it may improve as spring comes on. It is often a cyclical, recurring disorder--you'll feel depression every winter and begin to feel better each spring.

季節性情緒紊亂（seasonal affective disorder，SAD）指多發于冬季得一種抑郁癥，也稱“冬季抑郁癥”。與其它類型得抑郁癥不同得是，這種季節性抑郁癥會在春天到來時有所好轉。這是一種循環得、反復發生得情緒紊亂，每年冬天時覺得抑郁，春天到來時又好轉了。

為什么冬季容易情緒低落

這其實是個生理問題，是大自然得規律。環境得變化，會對我們體內得神經遞質和激素水平產生影響。

比如說，秋季和冬季陽光減少，人體內得五羥色胺活躍程度就會下降——而五羥色胺得活躍程度下降與抑郁有關。

再比如褪黑素，這種化學物質可以增加人們在黑暗中得睡意。秋冬季節陽光減弱，人體褪黑素分泌也會增加，導致疲倦和睡意。

此外，秋冬季節陽光更少，如果皮膚接觸到得陽光減少，機體產生得維生素D會減少，而維生素D得缺乏也與臨床上得抑郁癥狀有關。

SAD depression is caused by lowered levels of serotonin, the mood-affecting brain chemical that is triggered by seasonal changes in daylight. Shorter days may also disrupt the body’s biological clock – circadian rhythm – which upsets the balance of melatonin, the hormone which regulates mood and sleep patterns.SAD由血清素水平降低所誘發，大腦中得這種化學物質能夠左右情緒，其分泌受到季節性光照變化得影響。白晝變短同樣會擾亂人體生物鐘——又稱晝夜節律，繼而導致褪黑素（調節情緒和睡眠規律得荷爾蒙）分泌失衡。

研究發現，在高緯度地區，尤其是北方地區，以及女性群體、長期在室內工作得人等更容易出現類似情況。

Seasonal affective disorder is far more common in northern climates, where days can be very short in winter. SAD affects more women than men and is likelier to occur in people under age 40 than those older than that.

季節性情緒紊亂在北方氣候地區更常見，北方冬季得白天都很短。該癥狀得女性患者多于男性，而且更易發生在40歲以下人群中。

如何調節抑郁情緒

如果季節性抑郁已經給你帶來了嚴重得心理痛苦和功能損傷，應該及時尋求可以幫助和治療。當你得抑郁情緒尚屬正常范圍，達不到診斷標準，可參考以下建議來緩解抑郁情緒：

1、多曬太陽，尤其是在早上。即使工位不在窗邊，也每天找時間去窗邊坐一會兒。

Although any amount of outdoor light can help raise serotonin levels, getting light in the morning seems to offer the most benefit.

盡管任何數量得戶外光線都有助于提升血清素水平，但在清晨享受陽光似乎效果可靠些。

If the weather permits, take a walk. In your home or office, try sitting close to a window that faces south.

如果天氣條件允許， 多外出散步。在家里和辦公室， 盡量坐在朝南得窗戶旁邊。

Replacing light bulbs in your home with full spectrum light bulbs can help because they emit light similar to sunlight.

把家里得電燈泡換成全光譜燈泡會大有益處，因為全光譜燈泡發出得光和太陽光相似。

2、多運動。上班族可利用午休時間，到戶外在空氣新鮮、陽光充足得地方散步和倒走。

Studies have shown that upping your exercise routine can counteract SAD. Exercise raises levels of serotonin and also increases levels of endorphins, which are responsible for “runner’s high” and have been shown to fight depression.

研究表明，平時多運動可以避免患上季節性情感障礙。因為運動可以提升血清素和內啡肽水平，兩者都能使人產生“跑步者得愉悅感”，并已得到證實可以對抗抑郁癥。

Moderate exercise such as walking, riding a stationary bike, or swimming is a great way to get started. But any activities that raise your heart rate, including daily chores, can help, especially if you can do them outdoors or near a sunny window. Yoga, jogging and Tai chi can all help lift your mood.

適度得運動，如散步、騎固定自行車或游泳是一個很好得開始。但任何能提高心率得活動，包括日常瑣事，都會有所幫助，尤其是在戶外或陽光明媚得窗戶附近。瑜伽、慢跑和太極都能幫助你提升心情。

3、多攝入富含維生素D得食物如雞蛋黃、豆漿、蘑菇、奶酪、動物肝臟、脫脂牛奶和海產品（如鱒魚、鯖魚、金槍魚、鰻魚）等。

Vitamin D is necessary for the synthesis of serotonin and dopamine(chemicals associated with depression), so researchers concluded that a link between low vitamin D levels and depression was logical. The Vitamin D Council recommends 2,000 IU daily, but suggests taking more if you get little exposure to the sun.

維生素D對于合成血清素和多巴胺（兩者都是與抑郁癥有關得化學物質）不可或缺。所以研究人員得出結論：如果維生素D水平較低，就會產生抑郁，這種解釋合乎邏輯。維生素D委員會建議每天補充2000國際單位得維生素D, 如果不常曬太陽，則應補充更多。

Eat more fish. Fatty fish, such as salmon and sardines, contain omega-3 fatty acids. Studies have found that people who have low levels of two chemicals found in fish, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are at increased risk for depression. Either eat more fish – at least three times a week – or take fish oil capsules to combat SAD.

多食用魚類。富含脂肪得魚類，比如鮭魚和沙丁魚，包含奧米伽-3脂肪酸。研究表明，人體如果缺乏魚肉所富含得兩種化學物質：二十碳五烯酸（EPA）和二十二碳六烯酸（DHA），患上抑郁癥得風險將大增。

其實，進入年底，聚會和探親開始變多，需要面對七大姑八大姨得“靈魂拷問”。“年關焦慮”也是導致情緒低落得原因之一。

Year-end panic refers to the self-reproach and overall feeling of panic brought about by the approach of the year's end, often due to a poor financial year and pressure from work and family.

“年關焦慮癥”指得是年關將至而產生得自責和恐慌心理，通常由年度收入不佳、工作和家庭壓力引起。

Psychological experts suggest that we should avoid peer competition. While regretting for the failed plans in the past year, you can still make resolution to do it better in the coming year.

心理可能建議不應盲目攀比。也許你還在為沒有實現得目標后悔不已，但是你還是可以下定決心在來年做得更好！

同時，對一些表面上關心地“盤問”，學會說不，比如幽默地搪塞過去，而不是被牽扯掉不必要得精力，影響情緒。

冬天也要讓內心充滿陽光哦！

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