we do have a tendency to always talk about the winter depression and the seasonal affective disorder, but talking about thesummer anxiety and summer depression or the stress that we experience during thesummer time is also very important. we often experience this disruption in ourroutine, in our schedule, in our habits. it could be related because of you know vacation, the children are off school and then also some other added stressors, so it could be the difficulty or inability to engagein some summer outdoor activities or going on vacation trips.
one thing that often is very helpful is our ability to establish a routine. so we want to create a balance between the time for self, the time for resting and the time to go out. and most importantly is establishing goals,graduated goals. it could be something as oh, i would like to be able to go to attend those two, three barbecue parties. i would like to be able to go to the movie. i would like to be able to join my family in their outing in their cottage. for children especially, what's very helpful is also to look at any behavioural changes. for example, if they do not want to go out and play anymore, they don't want to talkto their friends
and definitely for children for them to regain a healthy habit. their schedule might be totally different of course during the summertime because they're off school, to establish a routine that is good forthem in terms of playing, in terms of doing some reading and of course as we all know good, quality social support is very important. so talking with closefamily, talking with close friends, reaching out for support,would be very important.