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Why melancholy overtakes in August and how to cope with it
A Life / / December 19, 2019
August - a transitional stage. Summer is quickly coming to an end, but the season of cozy sweaters and apple cider has not yet come. As a child, the last month of the warmest time of the year meant the end of the holidays and prepare for the new school year. And though the school already far behind, typical for August elusive feeling of serenity over the years does not go away.
Month stretches long and tedious, causing groundless anxiety. There are so-called August blues.
August melancholy similar to the anxiety that sometimes appears on Sundays in front of the working week. Only it lasts more than one night, but for a whole month.
Why do I get the blues August
Blues in August occurs in some people, while others are not even aware of its existence. Some experts see the root of the problem is that people do not know how to live present day.
August mixed feelings. Some regret that the vacation has turned out imperfect, and summer in general was not as fun as it should. Other pre-experience that in September will have to get bogged down in business and work harder. But neither the first nor the second does not live in the present moment. They either focus on missed opportunities, or absorbed by the expectation of the obligations that will fall down on them in the foreseeable future.
Amy Sedgwick, a licensed chemical dependency counselor, a certified specialist in co-occurring disorders, the clinical director of the department in the medical center of Mountainside.
To experience the seasonal blues, not necessarily to go to school or work at present. This feeling may be an echo of the past. Remember, if you are oppressed by the thought of the beginning of the school year and household work, how hard you poured into the study in September and there were problems with classmates? And maybe by now you shiver ran from one only of these thoughts? many studies30 scientific ways your childhood affects your success as an adult confirm the influence of childhood and adolescent experiences on adult life. And the August blues most people come from there.
However, there are more complex cases that can not be excluded.
The change of seasons can cause serious exacerbation of mental illness. For example, anxiety or depression. In such cases, the August spleen - an occasion for a visit to a specialist.
Watch the intensity of your emotions, and their duration. If they go out of control and significantly reduce quality of life, seek help.
How to cope with the blues in August
Catch the moment. If the problem is not in the spleen mental disorder, and in the unpleasant memories of the past or fear of the future, drop those thoughts at least for a while. Live in the present day and enjoy every minute of the departing summer.
Do everything that you associate with summer sometimes, and get pleasure from it. If this does not eliminate the spleen entirely, or at least facilitate it.
Amy Sedgwick, a licensed chemical dependency counselor, a certified specialist in co-occurring disorders, the clinical director of the department in the medical center of Mountainside.
Try to spend time alone. Be aware of and feel the moment "here and now" and be in it. As long as the weather permits, go for a nature walk barefoot on the grass and get your hands breathing practices - all this will help to distract you from the blues.
And finally: come up with a list of nice things you want to do this fall. For example, a jump in the assembled pile of leaves, the fireplace with a seating cup of hot cocoa or some of fungi. Recall that the fall - a great time for a new adventure.
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