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Kennedy Saves the World

Cracking The Code Of The Seasonal Slump

Kennedy Saves the World

FOX News Podcasts

News, Society & Culture, Entertainment News, News Commentary

4.5808 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

You've heard of the "winter blues," but some people experience the next level of moodiness when the seasonal darkness rolls around. Dr. Norman Rosenthal is a Psychiatrist and Scientist who first described Seasonal Affective Disorder, a type of depression that occurs every autumn and winter when the days get short and dark. He joins Kennedy to ​elaborate on his research and explains how he developed light therapy as a treatment. Follow Kennedy on Twitter: @KennedyNation Kennedy Now Available on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4311mhD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World. Today, I am joined by world-renowned psychiatrist Dr. Norman Rosenthal.

0:47.8

He works, he does a lot of research at Georgetown universities in the D.C. area.

0:53.4

And I want to talk about seasonal effective disorder,

0:55.9

having grown up in the Pacific Northwest. I knew a lot of people who weren't diagnosed for a long

1:02.2

time, but had a very, very difficult challenge with this particular disorder. So Dr. Rosenthal,

1:10.2

first of all, welcome to Kennedy Saves the

1:11.8

world. Second of all, describe seasonal effective disorder for people who may not be entirely

1:17.4

familiar. Okay. Well, some people have no trouble with the winter. They cruise through it.

1:25.8

That's not the people with seasonal effective disorder.

1:29.0

If you've got seasonal effective disorder when the days get short and dark, a bunch of things

1:35.5

happen physically and psychologically. You slow down. You are less able to function,

1:43.0

both at work and in your personal relationships.

1:47.0

You want to eat more, especially those munchies, sweets, starches, weight creeps on almost by magic,

1:55.0

and you want to withdraw from people, need more sleep, bills pile up, chores pile up, you can't meet your deadlines.

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