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Let there be light

According to Robert Auger, a sleep specialist and psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic in the United States, spending plenty of time outdoors and exercising regularly is crucial for SAD sufferers. “There is no substitute for natural light,” he was quoted as saying by the Mayo Clinic’s official website.

For those who aren’t able to spend much time outdoors, Auger recommends investing in a light therapy box – a popular device for combating SAD in the West.

In Russia, light therapy boxes are still a fairly rare household item. “Most people don’t realize that light therapy can be helpful in combating SAD,” Vera Romanyuk, a psychologist, told The Moscow News. “Light therapy is usually advertised as an in-patient procedure at various clinics – as a means of combating problems with the central nervous system, for example.”

Romanyuk believes that SAD sufferers are better off just ordering a light therapy box online, as outpatient procedures are expensive and most are not technically geared towards easing depression-like symptoms.

“A lot of people paint light therapy as some sort of mystical mumbo jumbo – but it should be pretty straightforward: light therapy boxes are to be switched on in the morning, for about half an hour,” she said. “The key is not trying to overthink what is meant to be a simple procedure.”

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