DON'T LET WINTER GET YOU DOWN.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer Feeling down lately? Scientists say you're not alone. Reduced daylight hours and persistently cold and gloomy weather these days have many of us experiencing the ``winter blues.'' And it's no laughing matter No Laughing Matter is an episode of U.S. Acres from the series Garfield and Friends. It was the 74th episode produced for the series, although it is listed as the 71st episode on the Garfield and Friends DVD. It originally aired on October 21, 1989. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. mental health experts, who've classified the condition as Seasonal Affective Disorder seasonal affective disorder (SAD), recurrent fall or winter depression characterized by excessive sleeping, social withdrawal, depression, overeating, and pronounced weight gain. -- SAD -- an illness that affects millions each year. According to the National Mental Health Association's Web site, SAD sufferers are considered those who experience symptoms commonly associated with clinical depression, such as emotional withdrawal, lethargy, weight gain and mood swings. A warming trend throughout the Southland that began Saturday and is expected to run through this week could be the best prescription for SAD. According to the NMHA NMHA National Mental Health Association NMHA Normal Mode Helical Antenna NMHA Nevada Manufactured Housing Association NMHA Nebraska Manufactured Housing Association , outdoor walks during daylight hours can do wonders for those experiencing mild SAD symptoms. For those with more severe cases, antidepressant antidepressant, any of a wide range of drugs used to treat psychic depression. They are given to elevate mood, counter suicidal thoughts, and increase the effectiveness of psychotherapy. medication is often prescribed. SAD symptoms typically set in during the early fall and don't dissipate until the spring. SAD symptoms can be especially pronounced these days, when broken New Year's resolutions and post-holiday credit card statements arrive. That's according to a recent MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company report citing a British mental health expert who heralded Jan. 24 to be the dreary season's psychological bottom. Are the ``winter blues'' getting to you? The Daily News visited Palmdale's Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. earlier this week to ask local residents at random how winter is affecting them. Here's what they had to say: gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 CAPTION(S): 10 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Cathy Portillo, 53, antique dealer antique dealer n → anticuario/a antique dealer n → antiquaire m/f antique dealer antique n → ``You know what, it really doesn't bother me. I love wearing the sweaters and the gloves... I don't have the winter blues.'' (2 -- color) Luis Sotelo Luis Sotelo (September 6, 1574 -1624), was a Franciscan friar who died as a martyr in Japan, in 1624, and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867. Sotelo was born in Sevilla, Spain, and studied at the University of Salamanca before entering the convent of "Calvario de los , 31, construction worker ``I can feel it just a little bit. You get those two or three months in a row where everybody's festive, everybody's happy and everybody's spending money. Now it's back to reality.'' (3 -- color) Shinita Crayton, 29, tax preparer ``It's too cold to go to the gym and keep up that New Year's resolution, so I'm just sitting around the house and then I go to work. It actually is kind of depressing.''(4 -- color) James Nupen, 25, unemployed ``Me and my wife just moved out here and we're feeling it a little bit. We're just waiting for things to warm up so we can start hitting some beaches and see what California has to offer.'' (5 -- color) Valerie Bedard, 22, student ``I'm excited for the new year. I didn't make any resolutions, so I don't really have anything to bring me down.'' (6 -- color) Casey Radosevich, 20, cashier ``I'm ready I'm Ready is the double platinum second release from R&B singer Tevin Campbell. I'm Ready yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career the #1 R&B smash "Can We Talk", and produce 3 more successful hits in "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl". for summer, for sure. I'm definitely over the whole winter thing.'' (7 -- color) Rachael Wagner, 19, student ``I'm over the winter blues. Around Christmas you get the winter blues more. Right now everything's looking up.'' (8 -- color) Abe Duhon, 22, barber ``It's not bothering me. I've never even heard of the winter blues.'' (9 -- color) Hugo Jaramillo, 18, unemployed ``I haven't really noticed any changes. Just the same as any other days.'' (10 -- color) Jennifer Palumbo, 26, student/stay-at-home mom ``I'm good. I go back to school next week, so I've been really motivated getting ready to back to school.'' |
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