SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

VILSECK, BY, GERMANY

11.08.2017

Audio by Pfc. James Crowley 

AFN Bavaria

CATEGORY: E
TITLE: SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
PRODUCER: PFC JAMES CROWLEY
RUN TIME: 2 MINUTES
TARGET AUDIENCE: USAG BAVARIA
SCRIPT:
LEAD: I’M PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES CROWLEY AND THIS IS YOUR BAVARIA RADIO NEWS UPDATE. IN THE WINTER, THE DAYS GET LONGER AND DARKER. THE SUN ISN’T OUT AS LONG AND THE COLD FORCES YOU TO STAY INSIDE. IT’S NORMAL FOR MOST TO FEEL ALITTLE TIRED AND GLOOMY THIS TIME OF YEAR. MITCH ROSENZWEIG, A SOCIAL WORKER FROM MEDDAC BAVARIA TELLS YOU WHY IT CAN BE MORE THAN JUST THE TIME OF YEAR.
SB MITCH: SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER IS A FORM OF DEPRESSION THAT OCCURS AT THE SAME TIME EACH YEAR, USUALLY IN THE WINTER. IT CAN AFFECT YOUR MOOD, YOUR SLEEP, YOUR APPETITE, AND YOUR ENERGY LEVELS.
SOME OF THE SIGNSOF SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER YOU CAN LOOK FOR ARE:
SB MITCH: FIRST I FEEL LIKE SLEEPING ALL THE TIME AND HAVING TROUBLE GETTING A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP. I’M TIRED, IT MAKES IT HARD TO CARRY OUT TASKS. MY APPETITE GETS CHANGED AND SOMETIMES I’M CRAVING A LITTLE BIT TOO MANY SWEETS, SO IF THAT HAPPENS TO ME, I’M GAINING WEIGHT. I FEEL SAD AND GUILTY AND HOPELESS AND IRRIATBLE. I START AVOIDING PEOPLE AND JUSK KIND OF WANTING TO GO HOME AND KIND OF HIDE OUT FOR THE WINTER. I FEEL TENSE AND STRESSED. I LOSE INTEREST IN EVERYTHING INCLUDING SEX.
IF THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU SEEM TO FACE IN THE WINTER, MAJOR LEAH MCAULIC, A CLINICAL PSHYCOLOGIST FROM MEDDAC BAVARIA, GIVES YOU A COUPLE OF TIPS TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF THE FUNK.
SB MCAULIC: SELF-HELP TIPS FOR SAD: FIRST OF ALL, GET AS MUCH EXERCISE AS POSSIBLE. ALSO NATURAL SUNLIGHT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LITTLE THAT WE HAVE. REACH OUT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS, DON’T ISOLATE. TAKE TIME TO DEAL WITH STRESS, TOO. MAKE SOME TIME FOR FUN.
MAJOR MCAULIC ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER TREATMENTS
SB MCAULIC: THE MAINSTAY OF SAD TREATMENT IS LIGHT THERAPY. SO THIS THERAPY AIMS TO REPLACE THE MISSING DAYLIGHT OF WINTER BY EXPOSING YOU TO BRIGHT LIGHT THAT MIMICS NATURAL OUTDOOR LIGHT. SO DAILY EXPOSURE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL MORE AWAKE, ALERT, AND LESS DROWSY AND MELANCHOLY.
THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BAVARIA RADIO NEWS UPDATE. FOR MORE ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY, KEEP LISTENING TO AFN, THE EAGLE, AND CHECK OUT AFN BAVARIA ON FACEBOOK.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, I’M PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES CROWLEY

• Date Taken: 11.08.2017
• Date Posted: 01.11.2018 07:12
• Category: Newscasts
• Audio ID: 50602
• Filename: 1712/DOD_105215662.mp3
• Length: 00:02:00
• Year: 2016
• Genre: Blues
• Location: VILSECK, BY, DE