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"While there were questionnaires that asked about seasonal depression, distress, and sleep disorder in winter, there were no surveys that made room for the potentially positive aspects of the season. This not only created problems for my study, it hinted at biases in the larger scientific framework for researching winter. If we can only study what we can measure, the fact that there were no existing [BELOW]
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instruments to capture winter's benefits suggested that we weren't used to looking for or thinking about people's positive experiences of the season, even as thousands of research articles addressed winter depression. In focusing, admirably, on helping people who suffered during the winter, academics, researchers, and clinicians may have inadvertently created a conversational bias in the psychological literature, perpetuating the idea that we must all be vigilant against winter's negative mental health effects. No one seemed to be talking about the people around the world who thrive during winter."
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As a New Englander I enjoy the change of seasons. We had some snowfall a month ago that covered everything and it was beautiful. And it melted quickly, which was nice. As the seasons come to an end I'm ready for the next one to start.
David wrote: "As a New Englander I enjoy the change of seasons. We had some snowfall a month ago that covered everything and it was beautiful. And it melted quickly, which was nice. As the seasons come to an end..."I'm so glad to hear you enjoy all the seasons! I've been a winter hater since I left childhood (prefer spring), but I listened to an interview of the author, and she's so right. Society does perpetuate negative bias toward winter. It's depressing and "something to get through." It doesn't have to be.
We got major snowfall a few days ago (you missed it, I think?), so I'm glad to be reading this now.
It sounds interesting and I look forward to your review!No, we got about 16 inches of snow last weekend (in January) and it's been single digit and low double digit temperatures since then. Still lots of snow everywhere. It was 31 today and it felt comfortable. I'm looking forward to the arrival of spring!
