We are midway through the month of November, and the annual fall and winter reality of living in western Washington is setting in. The days are getting shorter and the nights, longer. Add in a series ...

You may not particularly enjoy feeling sad. You may prefer experiencing other emotions. But if you try to avoid the emotion all together, mental health professionals want you to know not to. People ...

Ice cream, swimming pools, barbecues and beaches – summer has many positive associations. But some people feel more anxious and depressed during the hotter months and may suffer from a type of ...

Summer is a time of outdoor fun for many people, especially those who have slogged through winter’s bitter cold. Not so for individuals who suffer from summer depression. Heat, humidity and pollen are ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — While the holiday season is winding down, the long winter nights will trudge on for a few months. That can have a major impact on mental health. Seasonal affective disorder, also ...

For most people, losing daylight is not a part of the holiday season we look forward to. Following the time reset courtesy of daylight saving time ending, many of us working a traditional 9-5 end our ...

There was a time when sadness was fashionable, which is something difficult to imagine nowadays, given our current cultural reliance on mandatory positivity and happiness. The time was the beginning ...

Sadness is normal during hard times. Source: Aliyah Jamous/Unsplash These are heavy times. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the globe and has reached unprecedented numbers in America, we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heat, humidity and pollen likely cause summer sadness, while reduced daylight causes winter seasonal affective disorder. (Getty ...