I dread the winter months.
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I just don't feel like myself,
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it feels like
I'm in hibernation.
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Well, if that's
your case you could be
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experiencing
Seasonal Affective Disorder,
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SAD. If that's the case
this program is just for
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you entitled, Don't Be
Sad, we'll be right back.
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Hi, welcome to Abundant Living,
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this is Curtis Eakins
and this is my beautiful
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bride of over
ten years. Your name?
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Paula Eakins. Okay,
I just wanna hear you,
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well I want you to say your.
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I thought you
gonna change it all up.
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Well I'll just change
it up every now and then,
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just to keep you honest.
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You doing pretty
good today, honey.
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Well I'm doing wonderful.
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You're looking
pretty good too by the way.
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Thank you, thank
you. You're welcome.
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Sad. I want to
give you compliments.
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Okay. Yeah I'm not finished,
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lets before we go into
this I just wanted to give
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you some
compliments you are looking
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very good today. Thank you.
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Okay, now you may go
with your suggestions
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or statements.
Okay, stay focused baby,
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stay focused. I
wanna stay focused.
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Okay. Because
you're talking about SAD
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and its you know you
were saying you were sad
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as you open the
program. That's true.
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And I'm sure, but
you know this program
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is also not only
for those who might be
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experiencing it,
but also for all of us
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who are even listening
in because we very well
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could be in this
situation and not really
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know we're in
it, yeah, you know.
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And again this is
part of a series of
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Mental Health Series
and we've been talking
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about over the
last several weeks about
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depression and
Dysthymia and didn't mention
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Bi-polar that's
another part of it,
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we didn't cover that.
Well that's an alternative.
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Yeah, alternatives to drugs.
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If drugs just not
doing their job effectively
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as most people
will like them to do.
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And of course with
the side affects as well.
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We gave some
alternatives for that
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and also about the
fresh air and other things
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that we can lift our
spirit and to improve
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our mental wellness,
so today's topic is SAD
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Seasonal Affective
Disorder and we want you out
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there if you are
experiencing this
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don't be sad. Don't be sad.
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Don't be sad. Oh
what exactly is SAD?
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Well I said before seasonal,
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it's seasonal
affective disorder,
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so the first
word gives you a clue.
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SAD is, and let me
just draw a parallel
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here because we
have been talking about
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depression over
last several weeks.
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As far as depression
and SAD is concerned.
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Depression is a set of
symptoms where both cases
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there is a low serotonin level
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and we talked about
this in earlier programs
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with the low
serotonin levels of course
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we have more of
a depressed mood,
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that's the mood
hormone serotonin.
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So with depression you
have that low serotonin
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level in the system.
With SAD you also have low
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serotonin levels
as well, but with SAD
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you also have
cravings of Carbohydrates
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something that
you normally don't get
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with being
depressed or being clinically
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depressed. Another
thing that's different between
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depression and
SAD is that depression
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is actually
diagnosed if you are depressed
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over a period of,
lets say several weeks,
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alright. And have
those symptoms of,
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we called these before
of mood and nervousness,
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anxiety, irritability,
fatigue, weight gain or
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weight loss and those
kind of things filling
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sorry or hopelessness,
but now SAD is where
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you can be diagnosed
if you're experiencing
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this condition two
consecutive years during
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the winter months.
Usually between October,
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November to March and
April, so it's seasonal.
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Okay, seasonal with
SAD, depression is year long.
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Now in the summer time
those who are experience
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the SAD in the winter months,
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in the summer time
the people are themselves.
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So you see the difference
between the two alright.
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And so many
things that we talk about
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in depression can
also help those individuals
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who also help SAD as well.
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Now of course
we're gonna be mentioning
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the word SAD, but
that's the acronym for
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seasonal
affective disorder, so when
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we say SAD that's
what we're talking about.
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Absolutely okay,
well I guess the question,
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because you kind of
answered that already
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about you know how it's
different from depression.
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Right. Okay. So I
guess then what actually
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causes it, is the
seasons themselves like
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you said the winter
months is when you're
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more likely to
experience that as well.
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Well and let me
don't tell them that too
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and that's true
the winter months.
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And not just be in
the winters months.
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Okay. But again
what causes SAD is that
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there is a
deprivation of Sunlight.
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Alright, of course in a
24 hour period of course
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the shortest day
in a month or the year
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is what December
21st or somewhere around
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there where it's the
shortest day with that
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you have the
shorter amount of Sunlight
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exposure on the earth,
so again with that in mind
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you have more
people are prone to that.
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And so also, its also
tend to be hereditary.
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It normally runs in families.
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It's genetic
disposition of those who are sad
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and so sometimes the
brother, mother, sister,
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cousin whatever, so
there is a geneditary,
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hereditary I should say,
link to being SAD as well.
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Also the further you
live away from the Equator,
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of course there is a
higher risk of being SAD,
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so Floridians have a one
percent risk of being sad.
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Okay. People who live
in Alaska is 10 percent,
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that seems to
reason. So again Sunlight
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is the main culprit
of not getting enough
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Sunlight exposure. Now
a lot of people do not get
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enough Sunlight
exposure wherever you live,
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but these people
who are sad, called SAD.
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There is a more
profound affect on those
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individuals then somebody else.
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And so it's
affecting quite a bit of the
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population.
Depression affects about
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approximately 20
million. SAD affects
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about 10 million.
Wow! Now when you throw
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in the winter blues,
which is a less serious
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disease of SAD,
the winter blues,
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that affects about 25
percent of the population.
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So you put those
together SAD and winter blues
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you're looking over 30
percent of the population.
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So who's actually at
higher risk then again?
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Well again like I
said before those who live
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close to the
equator are at lower risk
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but those who
live further away or
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in Northern areas
have a higher risk.
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Also women, now we
mentioned this before
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in depression women
have a higher risk of
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being SAD as well two
or four times of the men.
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Also one other thing
I like to mention too,
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those who work third
shift. Oh! Shift work,
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now of course based
on what we just said
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you can
understand why shift workers
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have a higher risk of
SAD, because again while
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the Sun is up they're sleeping.
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When the Sun is
down they're at work
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or they awake. So
that's why shift workers
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and it really throws
off our Circadian Rhythm,
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right, because our
body is on a 24 hour cycle.
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So I remember one
time I worked in place
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of a guy who at the hospital
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and he worked third shift.
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I worked first shift
and he is a friend of mine,
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so he went on vacation,
he said Curtis do you mind
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taking my place at
the hospital third shift
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I said no problem. I
worked his third shift
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from 11 to 7. I tell you what,
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folks it took me
two days to get my body
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back in sync again
and I said I love you
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as a friend, but don't
ask me anymore alright,
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so shift workers have a
higher rate of SAD as well.
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I'm gonna tell you I
worked in a 11 to 7 shift.
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Oh the graveyard
shift. And it was one of my
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first jobs, okay,
and I want you to know
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I was absolutely
exhausted. Wiped out.
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It was like when I would go to
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work at night I
would have to make sure
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I went to bed early,
okay, so that I would
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not be sleeping on the job.
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And then when I
would get to go home,
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I would get on
the bus to travel back
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to my house and
I'm telling you I was
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absolutely worn out.
Everybody just looked
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totally different. I
had to get off that shift
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and I think I was on
there for at least about
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a year or so. Yes.
And I'm telling you a year
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was a lot. Okay.
Oh that whole year
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I was just absolutely no good.
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And that shift worked
you, the graveyard shift.
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I watched the people as they,
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I would go to work
and when I came back home,
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they were going to
work and after a year
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and half I was
absolutely through.
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That was it, it
through you off the biological
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clock and you know
and of course those people
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who do work the
third graveyard shift.
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Third shift there
is always usually more
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income of course,
but you know you have
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to weight the
benefits versus the risk
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and to one's health personally
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I choose not to, but
I did that for a friend
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but that was the last time.
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Well I have heard about this,
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a word called the Third
Eye. Tell us about that.
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The third eye, okay
now this is interesting
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the third eye. Let me
go into a little bit about
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anatomy physiology
on a 24 hour period.
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And that way
people can understand
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what's going on
here. In the morning time
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the Sun comes up,
when the light strikes
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the eye it goes
through and passes
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the hypothalamus
gland. This is our biological
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clock. Okay. And it goes
deep into a smaller gland,
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the size of a pea
inside the brain between
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the two
hemispheres called the pineal
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gland alright. Now
this gland has the highest
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concentration of serotonin.
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We talked about
that in the past weeks
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this is the good mood
hormone that's released.
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And with that in mind
when the light strikes
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the eye and goes
back to the pineal gland
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then it releases
serotonin helps us
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awaken from our
sleep. Now this reaches
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it's peak around 4
O'clock in afternoon
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give or take,
depending on where you live.
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When the Sun goes down,
then there is less light,
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more darkness,
therefore this pineal gland
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releases melatonin
it lowers the body's
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temperature and
helps us to fall asleep.
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So therefore the
pineal gland also what it does
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is when it sees
light, when it sees darkness
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it responds accordingly
whether we are more alert
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or whether we are sleepy,
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that's why the
pineal gland is called
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the Third Eye.
It's very interesting,
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so with that in my mind.
I think that's why honey,
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in on a bright sunny
day we feel great and happy.
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But as the song
writer says rainy days
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and Mondays always get me down.
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Where as not so
much, well sometimes the
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Monday because we
don't want to go to work,
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but the rain,
because of the clouds,
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so there is less
Sunlight, so it tends to reason
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that, that's why its
called the third eye.
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You know you are
talking about anatomy
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physiology and on
the serotonin level
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and all the different
things that are created.
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This is a God thing, I
mean you know he though
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of every single
thing. It really is yes.
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You know, so I guess
some of the questions
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someone might ask is that, what
are some of the solutions then.
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Okay yeah some
solutions now again the SAD,
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Seasonal Affective
Disorder, is the true
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form of
depression, but now there is
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something else that's
called the winter blues,
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it's a less
serious Sad disease the
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winter blues. And
for those individuals
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what may need to
be done is simply take
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longer walks
outdoors to get more light
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into the system and
or folks open up those
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shades pull back
those curtains and let more
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light enter into the home.
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Now for a lot of
people that's all needs to be
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done during the
winter months from
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October to March
give or take alright.
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So that's some of
the solutions that people
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can get. Now go to
quickly the God's word
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I think you have a text
or so and lets talk about
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God's word and have
to say about Sunlight.
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As you began
talking about the chemistry
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of the Bible and what,
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I mean the chemistry of
the, anatomy of the body
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and what God has done.
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I mean what he has
done, he thought of every
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single thing, yes, to
put us to sleep to wake us
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up you know. I just
thought about one of the
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scriptures that
came in my mind was
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Malachi 4:2. Oh
yes. And it says that,
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the son of righteousness
shall arise with healing
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in it's wings. Oh
yes. And that's two ways
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you can look at that Curtis.
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Number one is that
you know every single
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morning that we
wake up, do you know that
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God whispers our
name. As a matter of fact
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if he does not whisper
our name in the morning
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we will not wake
up. That's right.
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So everyday he
says Ann, wake up.
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Time to wake up. Paula, wake up
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and I thought guys
in there too. Curtis,
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wake up. I'm glad
you mentioned that.
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And so sometimes we
get up in the morning
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you know and we're
like oh another day
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and we just
start that mood going.
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I'm not gonna get into that,
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because we're gonna go
into that about positive
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thinking and what happens but.
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You're right.
Everyday we wake up is a gift
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from God. Yes,
it is. A gift. Yes.
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You know an
opportunity for us just to move,
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so I say you wanna
get the Sun on you.
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Alright. And the
son of God in you.
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Alright now work
it girl, work it.
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Don't get me preaching.
Alright now, don't get me
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preaching, don't
get me preaching,
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okay lets just
giving me some offering
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you keep that up.
What does the Bible,
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what else the Bible.
As you were talking about
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that I have another
test and again based
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on what we just
talked about folks.
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We're talking about
the Sunlight now again.
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Yes. When the
Sunlight strikes the eye
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you don't have to
look directly in the Sun,
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when there is light,
Sunlight it strikes the
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optic nerve goes back
to the hypothalamus gland
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which is our biological
clock and goes deep into
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the pineal gland. Some terms,
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we're getting mixed up here,
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but the pineal gland
and that releases the
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serotonin or
melatonin. Melatonin is called
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the Hormone of
Darkness, based on what that
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has been said there
in Anatomy Physiology.
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I wanna read
something to you from,
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and these two texts
are easy to remember.
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One is Ecclesiastes
7:11 and another one is
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Ecclesiastes 11:7. 7:11, 11:7.
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Let's go to the 7:11 first.
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Listen to these
words based on what
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we just said now.
Wisdom is good with an
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inheritance, and by it
there is profit to them
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that see the Sun.
That's Sun, see the Sun.
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So the Bible says
there is profit for those
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who actually see the Sun. Wow!
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Well we just
talked about that profit.
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Now lets go to Ecclesiastes 11
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and verse 7,
listen to these words.
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Truly the light is
sweet, and a pleasant thing
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it is for the
eyes to behold the Sun.
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Now one says that
there is a profit for those
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who see the Sun.
Another text says
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it is the pleasant
thing for the eyes to behold
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the Sun.
Therefore that's very good
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as far as that's concerned.
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I think the word of
God, Solomon the wise man
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was talking about I
don't know if they have
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seasonal affective
disorder back then,
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but the point of it
is that God has provided
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the greatest
light to rule the day
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and it has a
profound affect on our
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mental wellness.
With that in mind quickly
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let me go to our
first graphic lets see what
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this inspired
writer has to say about the
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Sun as well, lets
go to our next graphic.
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And it says Let There
Be Light and the author
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says this quote.
"The Sun carries healing
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in its beams.
Sunlight soothes, cheers,
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and makes us
joyous and healthy."
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Very profound
statement. This author also says
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honey that Sunlight
is one of nature's most
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healing agents, so
the power of Sunlight.
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What if Sunlight is not enough?
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Well again talking
about seasonal affective
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disorder where there
is very little Sunlight
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during the winter
months so sometimes
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for a lot of
people Sunlight is just
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not enough, if they
have a severe case of SAD.
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Let's go to our last
graphic and this is what
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people can do,
going to this website
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and give them
some information about
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that as well.
Artificial Sunlight,
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this is the
Circadian Lighting Association
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and there is a
website there, people would
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jot that down claorg.org.
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This is an
association for those who are
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experiencing SAD, SAD
and you can order even
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a light box, they
have visors you can put
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on your head as glasses,
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so that in the winter time,
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for those who have
severe cases of Sunlight
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or severe cases
of SAD I should say,
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they can order
products from this organization
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to help those
individuals to move
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through the winter months.
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Well, lots of ways
to get that Sun in you,
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on you and speaking
of brightness and color,
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wait until we go
into the kitchen.
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We are going to
be doing a green bean
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and tomato skillet,
kind of an combination
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of orange greens and blacks
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and you just wait
and see, get your paper
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and pencil, meet
us in the kitchen.
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