Seasonal depression doesn’t always look like someone crying alone in their dorm. It may be the student sleeping for over 10 hours a night, skipping class due to the weather being gloomy or downing energy drinks to push through another study session.
Raime Thibodeaux, the director of mental health at the LSU Student Health Center, said what many students call “seasonal depression” may be a major depressive episode mixed with a seasonal pattern. Symptoms of the episode return as the days get shorter and nights get longer.
Stress can often trigger an episode and derail students’ routines. With finals and winter break coming up, Thibodeaux and the rest of the mental health staff at the Student Health Center are providing students with various resources catered to their needs…