Causes
This can affect hormones and mood due to less time outside in the winter.
What is lack of sunlight?
Some examples are chair exercises, swimming, yoga and walking.
What is exercise?
This can cause increased anxiety and difficulty sleeping.
What is excessive screen time? Examples include watching the news for long periods of time or scrolling on social media.
A season where clocks are set "back"
What is Fall/Autumn?
This causes loneliness and depression to be more likely, especially for those with decreased mobility.
What is social isolation?
Choosing to sit near windows or using a sun lamp
What is increasing light exposure?
Consumption of food in excess
What is overeating?
Feeling down, gloomy, hopeless, or irritable most days
What is depression?
Aging can decrease the body's ability to produce this vitamin, which is also obtained by exposure to sunlight and eating certain foods.
What is Vitamin D?
Important person on your medical team
Who is your PCP?
Consuming a beverage that causes intoxication
What is alcohol?
A word that means "lasting a limited time"
What is temporary?
The organ where there are changes in mood-regulating chemicals like serotonin and melatonin
what is the brain?
Reading, journaling, knitting and crossword puzzles
What are hobbies?
Choosing not be around other people
What is social isolation?
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What is sleep?
Living further away from the area of the middle of the earth, division of northern and southern hemispheres
What is the equator?
Eating a healthy diet, staying hydrated and getting enough sleep
What is self care?
When you think of something over and over again that you are worried about.
What are negative thought patterns?
A change when stepping on a scale
What is weight fluctuation?