Summer depression is serious, signs if you have it.

You don't like wine? Can't you stand the heat? Does the sun hurt you hard?

If so, you may experience a type of summer depression that may actually be quite serious.

He has a name for it. And most importantly, there's a way to treat it.

It's called summer seasonal entertainment disorder, or summer frustration.

If this term sounds a little familiar, you may already have heard of winter despair.

Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal, a researcher, author and clinical professor of psychiatry at the Georgetown University of Medicine in Washington, was the first to identify this disorder 35 years ago.

“After learning the shape of emotional disorders Seasonal in the winter, it soon became evident that there was a considerable minority of people suffering in the summer in a analogic manner”, Rosenthal said.

These people identify wine as a time of particular difficulty for them,” he added. “They are dysfunctional, they cannot do their work. They fight, they don't enjoy things. They have classic symptoms of depression. ”

Summer Sadness Can Be Serious

Rosenthal warns that summer sadness should not be taken lightly.

“is a serious situation. When we compared summer and winter, we found that people who suffered depreciated in summer slept less, ate less, and were more likely to commit suicide”, he said.

So how do you know if you have this summer disorder?

The summer version of seasonal depression is quite rare, about 10 percent of all seasonal depression cases. This means that there will be less than 1 percent of the population. Symptoms such as nervousness, sleep difficulties can characterize mood anxiety in the summer version of seasonal depression”, he said.

How is summer sadness treated?

Patients with winter depression are sometimes treated with Light therapy.

Rosenthal says, unfortunately, there are no similar therapies for those experiencing summer depression.

He says his patients first try things they can do themselves.

Bathrooms and cold showers, lighting air conditioning, staying in closed surroundings, wearing dark glasses, are just a few.

But most people with this problem rely on medicine,” said Rosenthal. “Some of my men start antidepressants since March, when they are the first signs of symptoms. I try to catch them early to prevent summer depression”.

What causes summer depression?

There are several theories, but so far, researchers have no strong answers.

There is a theory about the role that a reduced level of melatonin hormone regulating sleep can play a role in the seasonal summer depression”.