Turning SAD Into Glad: Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder and Cancer Through Hope and Humor
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Deb Krier joins Dr. Brad Miller to discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder and its impact on cancer patients, offering coping strategies through hope and humor.
Deb Krier joins host Dr. Brad Miller on this episode of “Cancer and Comedy”, a show devoted to helping cancer-impacted people heal through hope and humor — what they call turning the grim into a grin. Deb is the co-host of Cancer and Comedy, a community for “lifter uppers” — people facing cancer or other serious adversity who refuse to be dragged into a dark spiral and instead choose to seek joy, connection, and laughter in the midst of difficult diagnoses. In this episode, Deb and Dr. Brad dive into the often-overlooked topic of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and its powerful correlation with cancer and other major life challenges. Deb shares her long-term awareness of SAD, including a vivid story about working in a top-secret government facility with no windows, where employees became increasingly irritable and depressed during the winter months. That experience led to practical interventions, like mandatory time outdoors and installing special lights that mimic sunlight. Dr. Brad explains that SAD is not “just the winter blues,” but a clinically recognized disorder in the DSM-5, with symptoms such as low mood, fatigue, oversleeping, carbohydrate cravings, social withdrawal…
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