No Wonder You’re Depressed…How to Deal With Situational Depression Part #4

Light therapy may be the solution you have been waiting for?

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My recently deceased friend Jerrold Mundis was a best-selling writer who published 40 novels and books of nonfiction, including selections by the Book-of -the-Month Club, Literary Guild, and One Spirit Book Club. He also coached writers from beginners to best-selling authors, and helped them break writer’s block — forever –in a single afternoon consultation. Just as significantly, for our purposes, Jerry had to cope with depression through his entire adult life.

I asked him to tell me how light therapy reduced his symptoms.

“I recently began using light therapy on a regular basis I have a strong element of SAD (seasonal affective disorder) in my It’s not the totality by any means, but it does play a strong role. Unaddressed, the diminishing light of winter will have me on the floor, with beginning suicidal ideation, by winter solstice, no matter what other measures I’m taking. I use light in two guises: first, every bulb in my home is a full-spectrum bulb (and that’s year-round). If I am in dim light or even normal incandescent light in winter, I can actually feel my mood begin to slip. Second, I use a lightbox — commercially manufactured to treat SAD — through which I…