Women should "adjust their minds" in winter

Why do women often feel lack of energy, irritable, and stressed after entering winter? Psychologists say that this is a symptom of winter depression, commonly known as "winter psychological flu". It is a common psychological disorder. Everyone may be in this psychological state at some point in their lives, and this symptom is more likely to occur in winter.

Why are you more likely to fall into depression in winter?

Patients with winter psychological flu experience invisible pressure every winter, as if the whole world has become lifeless. They especially like to sleep, but have many dreams and poor sleep quality. These people often have low self-esteem, blame themselves, or feel guilty, and like to shut themselves in the house.

Experts said that because the temperature drops significantly in winter and there is less sunshine, the body's melatonin secretion increases, and the biological clock cannot adapt to the changes in the short sunshine time in winter, resulting in biological rhythm disorders and endocrine disorders, resulting in emotional and mental disorders. Coupled with the reduction in outdoor activities in winter, it is easier to feel depressed. Many people doubt themselves because of this and feel that their lives have become very bad, but they do not know that it is actually the external environment that has caused this phenomenon.

The weather is getting colder, and Ms. Tang, a white-collar worker, finds that her mood is "cold" - she can't keep up her energy to do anything all day long, and she is often irritable. People around her "irritate" her at every turn, and finally I started to annoy myself and felt that my life was in a mess. I went to the hospital for a checkup but I was not sick.

Psychological experts pointed out that these people are actually suffering from "winter psychological flu", and women with sensitive personalities are especially prone to this symptom.

Women with sensitive personalities are more likely to suffer from it

Experts point out that women are gradually becoming a population with a high incidence of winter depression, with the incidence rate ranging from 23% to 38%, which is four times that of men. The reason is that women are naturally more sensitive to changes in weather than men. From a physiological perspective, when winter arrives, serotonin in women's brains will be secreted abnormally due to shortened daylight, leading to circadian rhythm disorders and endocrine disorders.

From a psychological point of view, women who are stressed and susceptible have a reduced ability to respond to external stimuli and are also prone to depression. In addition, modern women live a fast-paced and stressful life, and their behavior is generally characterized by busyness, which makes their emotions prone to instability. In particular, women who work indoors in front of computers all year round and rarely exercise are more likely to suffer from depression than the average person. In addition, unhealthy and irregular lifestyles can also worsen mood.

So, people who are introverted, sensitive, suspicious, and emotionally fragile. People who work indoors all year round, especially mental workers with weak physiques or rarely participate in physical exercise, people who rarely see the sun at work and people who are more sensitive to cold, are more likely to suffer from "psychological flu".

The weather is getting colder, and Ms. Tang, a white-collar worker, finds that her mood is "cold" - she can't keep up her energy to do anything all day long, and she is often irritable. People around her "irritate" her at every turn, and finally I started to annoy myself and felt that my life was in a mess. I went to the hospital for a checkup but I was not sick.

Psychological experts pointed out that these people are actually suffering from "winter psychological flu", and women with sensitive personalities are especially prone to this symptom.

Baking in the sun gets rid of the "psychological flu"

As the north wind blows away the green leaves on the trees, the surrounding environment becomes desolate. This is the difficult season for people suffering from the "winter psychological flu". Some people will make mistakes in judgment at work and in life, causing tension in interpersonal relationships and making them more depressed and depressed.

Experts remind patients with "winter psychological flu" to correctly summarize the causes of their emotions and not to confuse the boundaries between the external environment and their own pressure. Because winter depression is often caused by the body's own inability to adapt to the environment, rather than by itself actually making life worse.

In addition, you should spend more time in the sun in winter, because the short light time in winter is an important cause of depression. Research shows that when night comes, the secretion of melatonin in the pineal gland of the human brain is enhanced, which can affect people's mood, and light can inhibit the secretion of this hormone. You should do more outdoor exercise in daily life. Physical exercise can adjust the body's autonomic nerve function and reduce tension, irritation, anxiety, depression and other states. Moreover, appropriate exercise can increase the concentration of endorphins in the brain and keep people in a full mental state. People who are depressed should communicate more with others and talk to relatives and friends. In addition, you can also use color to adjust your mood and consciously change or add some bright and warm colors.