307: Seasonal Affective Disorder with Dr. Norman Rosenthal

The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant · Mar 24, 2022 · 55m

There's a funny meme I see floating around the internet that says, "I'm sorry for the things I said when it was winter."

It's a joke, but as always, there's truth in humor – and the reality is that winter REALLY does affect our mood (and how we react to others) at a scientific level.

This is due to something called "seasonal affective disorder," or SAD, and it has everything to do with the amount of sunlight we're getting and how it affects our brains. It can even show up as major depression. And in today's episode, I'm interviewing the scientist who discovered this phenomenon himself, Dr…