Gogyohka is a five lines unrhymed Japanese poem.
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Feeling depressed during the holidays is common, it's called Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD. It affects 5 percent of adults in the USA.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons. The seasonal affective disorder (SAD) begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you're like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. These symptoms often resolve during the spring and summer months. Less often, SAD causes depression in the spring or early summer and resolves during the fall or winter months.

Treatment for SAD may include light therapy (phototherapy), psychotherapy and medications.

Don't brush off that yearly feeling as simply a case of the "winter blues" or a seasonal funk that you have to tough out on your own. Take steps to keep your mood and motivation steady throughout the year. for more information about the Mayo Clinic click here

Some signs of S.A.D.:
1. forcing yourself to be happy
2. Low energy or burnout this time to the year is real
3. feeling the intensity of social isolation
4. facing unmet expectations or failed goals
5. commercialization and shopping fatigue
6 increased money stress
7 major depressive disorders with a seasonal pattern focus on metal health

Take the time to examine how you feel and speak with trusted friends or a mental health hotline if you are not sure if it's the blues or depression.

988 suicide and crisis phone line

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI suicide prevention hotline

Thank you very much for your time and kind review.

Gypsy

Artwork by Linda Nee. Presentation and poem by Gypsy Blue Rose (c) 12/19/24

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