The Double Whammy of Seasonal Affective Disorder in a Season of COVID

THIS WINTER THE PANDEMIC IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THE DEPRESSION EXPERIENCED BY MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SYNDROME KNOWN AS SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER, OR SAD.We hadn't yet switched back to standard time, with its shortened hours of afternoon daylight, when I began to notice a lack of enthusiasm for activities that I usually enjoy during the darker, colder days of fall and winter. Indoor projects like knitting and crocheting and preparing enticing new recipes -- even books and televised shows...