Cassie Talks - Mental Health

Does your mental health pick up in spring and summer? Do you get depressed during autumn and winter? If so you may find this article of some interest: Why does the sun play such an important part in our emotional wellbeing ? The sun creates vitamin D when it hits ours skin, In the warmer months when we are exposed to more sunlight we experience an increase in vitamin D, the presence of this vitamin is said to improve our serotonin levels, memory and cognition. In the winter months our levels of vitamin D decrease, vitamin D deficiency is associated with many different disorders, such as depression. Serotonin is a natural mood lifting chemical, in fact serotonin is the chemical targeted by a class of anti-depressants called SSRIs, which keep higher levels of serotonin in the bloodstream to help elevate mood. The more sunlight the human body is exposed to, the more serotonin the brain produces. So sunlight increases Vitamin D and Serotonin which is good for our emotional wellbe...