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Anonymous Thu 28 Oct 11:53:08 2021 No.13797515 View Reply Original Report

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Is there a biological/evolutionary reason for seasonal depression?

As in, with the shortening of days our bodies recognize winter is coming and start to conserve energy. A side affect of this is reduced hormones?

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Anonymous Thu 28 Oct 2021 12:01:56 No.13797534 Report

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It's most likely due to the need to communicate with tribesmen to survive winter. "Sadness" as a thing is mental pain, signalling the lack of social interaction, or the need for more. Like feeling hungry, but emotionally.

It's seasonal because during the harshest seasons it's almost impossible to survive alone. That's why seasonal sadness urges you to make connections, build trust and meaningful friendships, or else: SAD!

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Anonymous Thu 28 Oct 2021 12:05:18 No.13797540 Report

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the lack of light leads to less energy, depression is a low energy state. dont forget we get a meaningful % of our energy from light radiation and environmental heat.
i dont get depression in winter because i blast my light up until i go to bed.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Oct 2021 14:14:44 No.13797762 Report

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Interesting to note that sunlight directly correlates with hormone levels, which in turn alters the propensity for high energy and sexual activity.
Sometime during the evolutionary process it may have been beneficial to have a certain season where you reproduce and a certain season where you "hunker down" and fight to keep your new offspring alive - as a result we may have trended towards being hormonally and emotionally primed during the warm, bright months and the inverse during the cold ones.

It's interesting how these residual evolutionary roots still greatly influence our daily lives, yet the vast majority of people still do not realize the biological reasoning behind these feelings and experiences.

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