With the release of Summer Walker's new album, Still Over It , many people have begun their proclamations of "Sad Girl/Boy Fall" finally arriving. While this time of year brings humorous discourse across social media platforms, there are deeper issues at play when the leaves start to fall. Seasonal depression is a mental health issue that affects numerous people across the globe. When speaking about Gen Z, efforts are needed to ensure this generation is their strongest mentally. Seasonal depression is "depression that gets triggered by a change in seasons, usually when fall starts," The Cleveland Clinic reported . Often referred to as the " winter blues, " this form of depression affects "5% of adults in the United States" and "tends to start in young adulthood." The symptoms of seasonal depression or "seasonal affective disorder (SAD) include those associated with major depression, and some specific symptoms that differ for winter-pattern and summer-pattern SAD," The National...
