How to deal with seasonal depression

During autumn and winter a huge amount of people feel worse than usual or simply out of it. This feeling is called seasonal affective disorder (Sad) and it occurs only during specific seasons. There are many ways to improve your wellbeing during this hard time. The most important thing to do is getting outside into natural daylight. Because of the days being shorter our body clocks are disrupted and getting outside at least a couple times a day may help us with feeling more alert during the day. Other than that finding a hobby and practicing humor can be very helpful. As I mentioned before a lot of people struggle with this disorder and it's important to know how to deal with it. Those methods, even though at first they may seem pointless, can actually help us get through those months. Spending at least a bit of time every day to do those activities can help us a bunch so remember not to give up easily and fight for your wellbeing!

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https://theconversation.com/seasonal-depression-small-things-you-can-do-every-day-to-cope-192453?fbclid=IwAR3r5CCYI6BZYagNJIEeKu469Fl3T8ibqB91lBogY6SrJZFrSBX3Q7VXnpw

Animal friendships

Animal friendships are similar to our own in many ways. A lot of us find friends within our age range like whales or elephants. We also enjoy talking to people with alike personalities just like chimpanzees do. Physical touch is very important, for example rooks gently touch friends with their beaks and monkeys comb each other’s fur with their hands. There also exist some long-distance friendships! Dolphin whistles can travel up to 740 meters, which helps with staying in touch with their pals. In my opinion animals need friends as much as we do. Having someone close makes us all feel safer and we know that we can always count on them when we need help. For some animals they can even be actual life savers. It's incredible that even if it seems like every creature on Earth is different we can always find some similarities between us.

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https://theconversation.com/animal-friendships-are-surprisingly-like-our-own-188120

The impact the pandemic had on our personalities

For most of people some personality traits stay the same throughout their whole life, while others change slightly. However a new study shows that traumatic events in our life can cause our personalities to change rapidly. The study began in 2014 and involved over 7000 participants from US that before and during the pandemic completed the "Big Five Inventory" - an assessment tool that measures personality across five dimensions. There weren't many changes pre pandemic however in 2021/2022 researchers found declines in extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. I think that the results of this study make a lot of sense. During pandemic all of us went through some drastic changes - that explains our personality changes and a huge decrease in our well-being. This difficult time affected us in many areas and because of that it was way harder for us to get back to our regular lives.

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https://theconversation.com/has-the-pandemic-changed-our-personalities-new-research-suggests-were-less-open-agreeable-and-conscientious-191308