When you're feeling down about your life and yourself, do you wonder if you're depressed or just plain sad? Should you be worried about your mood shifting, or should you just ride it out? Sadness ...

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 ...

’Tis the season for recognizing seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Just don’t expect to find SAD in diagnostic handbooks. As a memorable term, SAD “stuck in the general public, and to some extent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Norman Rosenthal, the author of Defeating SAD: A Guide to Health and Happiness Through All Seasons. (Photo illustration: Yahoo ...

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 ...

Ever heard of summertime sadness? No, it's not just a hauntingly beautiful Lana Del Rey song. Your mental health can actually be negatively impacted by seasonal changes — even when it involves warmer ...

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 ...

Although you might cringe when you hear stores playing Christmas carols in October, there is one time when it really pays to get a jump on the season. While everyone should be aware of the potential ...