When the weather gets cold, there are more people who are depressed. A large proportion of these people suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a condition that occurs at the same time every year, usually starting in the fall and continuing into the winter, when the sun shines in the spring and their symptoms disappear. It is estimated that many of the “sadness of autumn”, as the ancients called it, is caused by SAD. Women, living in cold areas, family history and depression are risk factors for SAD. SAD patients should see a doctor after symptoms appear, who can treat them with light therapy, psychotherapy, and antidepressants for severe symptoms. If you have a history of SAD, it is important to make your place brighter, go outdoors more often and exercise regularly after cold weather. SAD cannot be prevented, but the winter depression symptoms called “Winter Blue” are not necessarily caused by SAD, there are many reasons why people get depressed in winter. 1. Not enough exercise. People will be lazy because of the climate, so the amount of exercise in winter is seriously insufficient, because the amount of exercise decreases, people will become very low spirit. Exercise not only can enhance physical fitness, but also can refresh, regardless of the intensity, as long as the exercise, people will be refreshed, the gray mood will disappear. Therefore, in the winter can not give up exercise and exercise, especially living in cold areas, more exercise. 2, because of financial and gripping. Important holidays are in winter, such as the Western Christmas and Chinese Spring Festival, people spend a lot of money during the holidays, the people of the United States shopping mainly before Christmas, especially in the Christmas gifts spend a lot of money, the financial pressure will make people become depressed. The financial pressure can make people depressed. By spending within your means and having a plan for spending money, you can avoid depression caused by finances. 3, the schedule during the holiday season. There are many parties and family reunions during the holiday season, plus there are many things to accomplish at the end of the year, making many people’s schedules very tight, which can put a lot of pressure on people, and this pressure can cause depression. If you feel the pressure, you should reduce the activities, do not participate in the able not to participate, while reducing the workload, can not do not do, to leave yourself some free. 4.Binge drinking and overeating. People all over the world during the holidays are eating and drinking, eating very unhealthy, a lot of junk food into the belly, consuming almost all the energy, so that people become very lazy. Drinking too much alcohol not only affects sleep and makes a person very mentally ill, but alcohol itself is capable of causing depression. All this makes a person appear depressed. Therefore, during the holiday season to control the diet, do not eat and drink at all times. 5. Loneliness. If you are in a foreign country during the holidays, you will feel lonely and depressed when you see other people’s families reunited. This time to fill themselves up, especially to volunteer, will not be depressed. 6, home. Winter will let many people find various reasons to stay at home, originally into the information age, the existence of the network so that more people stay at home, self-isolation and social isolation, not much social activities, in the winter this situation is the most serious, social self-isolation will cause many mental problems. Turn off the computer, spend more time with friends, the mood is good cheerful more. 7, too high expectations. The holidays are happy days, but many people expect too much of this joy and happiness, so the disappointment is often great, the result is depression. If you can be realistic, there will not be so much disappointment, and will not be depressed. A large part of winter depression is caused by the climate and the holidays, so if you deal with the points mentioned above, your winter mood will be much better.