Seasonal Depression Memes to Brighten Your Mood – GWC Mag

For anyone who struggles with mental health, the onset of the colder and darker months can bring about changes in mood. Having depression, particularly seasonal depression, means that you don’t enjoy parts of the winter the way others can.

While a meme can’t fix something as serious as seasonal depression, it just might give you a tiny boost in the midst of a (literally) dark day. Check out these seasonal depression memes to see which ones resonate with you!

Sometimes you have to laugh at the predictability of how the seasons affect your mental state. Maybe you can even be prepared with some of the activities that help you cope with seasonal depression.

Love that transition from chronic depression to seasonal depression…

Healthy habits can’t fix everything, but they definitely can make a difference!

If you struggle with seasonal depression, at least you know your loyal cat or dog will be there to provide warmth and love.

If you haven’t seen Amy Poehler playing the “cool mom” in Mean Girls, watching it could help you forget all about the changing seasons (at least for a couple of hours).

Though you may be tempted to sleep all day due to the lack of sunlight and warmth, it’s not always the best option. The Sleep Foundation notes that light therapy and vitamin D supplements may help you get better sleep when dealing with seasonal affective disorder.

Sometimes it can be annoying how people immediately go to the advice to do more yoga to manage depression or mental health issues.

Having depression year-round may mean worsening symptoms during the darker, colder times of year.

Do you ever just feel like you’re different from everybody else who is so happy despite the changing of seasons?

That early sunset is the worst.

And an unwelcome party crasher, at that.

Perhaps bingeing The Office will provide some respite from seasonal depression.

When Daylight Saving Time ends in most of North America and Europe, you’ll notice there’s more light in the morning, but darkness will begin to arrive very early in the afternoon and evening.

Sometimes you can look at things differently to find a tiny silver lining.

Shorter daylight hours can wreak havoc on people with seasonal depression, that’s for sure.