Are you Affected by The Changing Seasons?

A couple of evening this week I have left work from my Hale practice after 8 0 clock in the evening and it has been dark. I felt an underlying sadness that the light evenings were coming to an end and the pregnant possibility summer seems to offer was drawing to a close. I work with many clients who feel that the changing of seasons attributes to their low mood. One of the things we understand about addiction is that it is linked with a difficulty in feeling pleasure and a state of unease and general dissatisfaction with life. (Anhedonia and dysphoria). It is often a characteristic of those suffering from addictions to have a sense that these normal life events are happening to them alone. Addiction wants you isolated listening to your own distorted thought patterns. Many addicts find that over the years they have gone from being social beings to spending much of their time alone. This isolation then leads to them not talking to other people about what is going on for them. When you get caught in a pattern of isolation and listening to your own thoughts it is easy to start believing that difficult stuff only happens to you and that the world is somehow conspiring against you. So even the most normal things such as the night drawing in can feel like a personal attack and leave you more susceptible to using substances or addiction processes, such as gambling or eating disorders, to change the way you feel. Counselling can help through the aid of mindfulness to give clients an acceptance of what they are feeling and through the sharing and exploration of their feelings they can often find a different perspective to what they are struggling accepting. This different perspective can be the bed rock from which recovery from addiction starts from.
If low mood and a feeling that life is just miserable is a cause of you using substances/food/sex/gambling to alter the way you feel then please call Victoria Abadi Therapies on 07983726647 or email victoriaabadi66@gmail.com to book a consultation. Free consultations are provided over the phone.