I have struggled all my life with getting down on myself plus allowing that to overcome the joy in life.
This has been something that I am sure is mostly genetic given how my mom was much the same way.
However, he had much more extreme highs plus lows than I did. I was just that kid that found every excuse in the book to stay inside the Heating plus A/C comfort plus security of our house. My parents were concerned enough to send myself and others to see professionals. I tried the pharmaceutical route but, the side effects were worse than the yellows I experienced. So, the older I got, the more I tried to find natural remedies for my situation. I found the more I left that Heating plus A/C cocoon of my loft for the outdoors, the better my mood. Then, I started getting into exercise which also helped myself and others to maintain a nice level. I found the key ingredient in all of this was being outside in the sunshine. During the winter, I legitimately struggled so much more than I did the rest of the year. This led myself and others to choose a college that was far away from Wintertide plus be a locale that I could get all the sun I could take. And I never left. Now, even have a sunroom fastened to our house. I can get all the sun I want year round thanks to the ductless Heating plus A/C unit that the two of us had installed. This thing allows myself and others to access the sun in the Summer without the crushing heat that normally accompanies it. Sun plus nice Heating plus A/C are the keys to a level mood for me.