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bookstores and online retail outlets. Thanks for listening. Sad is actually a disorder and it's the symptoms are very similar to run of the

mill, monopolar depression in that there are challenges in sustaining concentration

and attention, low energy disinterest, in previously enjoyed activities, that's known clinically

as anadonia, craving carbohydrates, overeating, withdrawal from socializing hypersomia, which means essentially

sleeping a lot.

Pessimism.

The sad is cyclical and generally it's seen on a seasonal basis and there are risk factors for it.

A history of depression, of course, people who live far from the

equator, go figure, family history and interestingly enough women are four times more likely to be diagnosed

with sad although it's not clear if there's any genetic predisposition for that,

or if there are sociocultural factors that lead simply to that diagnosis.

There is actually a partially biological component to it.

There's a part of your brain,

your hypothermalness,

but in the hypothermalness,

there's a tiny little region.

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