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Thank you for taking my call. You got it, brother. What's up? I have a situation that reoccurs every year about this time of the year with my wife. And she says it's seasonal depression. She knows it comes on. But she doesn't do anything to help herself. What can I do to help her before this comes?

Thank you for taking my call. You got it, brother. What's up? I have a situation that reoccurs every year about this time of the year with my wife. And she says it's seasonal depression. She knows it comes on. But she doesn't do anything to help herself. What can I do to help her before this comes?

Well, of course we're on the West coast and we're in the center Valley of California.

Well, of course we're on the West coast and we're in the center Valley of California.

So what she, she works out at a gym four or five times a week and she, and then we, she comes through the cycle and we take a trip.

So what she, she works out at a gym four or five times a week and she, and then we, she comes through the cycle and we take a trip.

with the rv and we unpack the rv we you know pack it all back in the house and get back to normal go back to the grind and all that and then all of a sudden she is tired and this is the first year that she had this with the rv that she became depressed lethargic no energy uh doesn't want to do anything just laying around in pajamas you know doesn't even do the bills or anything like that.

with the rv and we unpack the rv we you know pack it all back in the house and get back to normal go back to the grind and all that and then all of a sudden she is tired and this is the first year that she had this with the rv that she became depressed lethargic no energy uh doesn't want to do anything just laying around in pajamas you know doesn't even do the bills or anything like that.

Yes. Yes. Oh, yes. Very much. Very much.

Yes. Yes. Oh, yes. Very much. Very much.

Well, I'm 66 and she's 63. Okay. Okay.

Well, I'm 66 and she's 63. Okay. Okay.

No. No, nothing. Nothing. And I've encouraged her to reach out to mental health experts. Her dad had depression real bad. She has depression. And her siblings might have depression. I don't know. So there's a...

No. No, nothing. Nothing. And I've encouraged her to reach out to mental health experts. Her dad had depression real bad. She has depression. And her siblings might have depression. I don't know. So there's a...

Okay.

Okay.

Yes, she does. But when she has this depression, everything goes out the window. Okay. She just like bundles up and just becomes like a,

Yes, she does. But when she has this depression, everything goes out the window. Okay. She just like bundles up and just becomes like a,

She does have a doctor that runs her hormones and her thyroid. So all of that always comes back normal.

She does have a doctor that runs her hormones and her thyroid. So all of that always comes back normal.

But it's around October, November, and starts, the peak goes up and goes way down. Sure.

But it's around October, November, and starts, the peak goes up and goes way down. Sure.

Well, her mother did pass away 20 years ago in December.

Well, her mother did pass away 20 years ago in December.

Right. Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Right. Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Yeah, it does. And she is well aware of it. She just talks about it, how she hates it. So, you know, the other day we talked about it over the phone. She broke down completely. And the next day she felt a little better. So talking about it with her helps her, you know. Then she doesn't tell me until it's too far gone. There you go. Too late.

Yeah, it does. And she is well aware of it. She just talks about it, how she hates it. So, you know, the other day we talked about it over the phone. She broke down completely. And the next day she felt a little better. So talking about it with her helps her, you know. Then she doesn't tell me until it's too far gone. There you go. Too late.

Yeah.

Thank you for taking my call. You got it, brother. What's up? I have a situation that reoccurs every year about this time of the year with my wife. And she says it's seasonal depression. She knows it comes on. But she doesn't do anything to help herself. What can I do to help her before this comes?

Well, of course we're on the West coast and we're in the center Valley of California.

So what she, she works out at a gym four or five times a week and she, and then we, she comes through the cycle and we take a trip.

with the rv and we unpack the rv we you know pack it all back in the house and get back to normal go back to the grind and all that and then all of a sudden she is tired and this is the first year that she had this with the rv that she became depressed lethargic no energy uh doesn't want to do anything just laying around in pajamas you know doesn't even do the bills or anything like that.

Yes. Yes. Oh, yes. Very much. Very much.

Well, I'm 66 and she's 63. Okay. Okay.

No. No, nothing. Nothing. And I've encouraged her to reach out to mental health experts. Her dad had depression real bad. She has depression. And her siblings might have depression. I don't know. So there's a...

Okay.

Yes, she does. But when she has this depression, everything goes out the window. Okay. She just like bundles up and just becomes like a,

She does have a doctor that runs her hormones and her thyroid. So all of that always comes back normal.

But it's around October, November, and starts, the peak goes up and goes way down. Sure.

Well, her mother did pass away 20 years ago in December.

Right. Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Yeah, it does. And she is well aware of it. She just talks about it, how she hates it. So, you know, the other day we talked about it over the phone. She broke down completely. And the next day she felt a little better. So talking about it with her helps her, you know. Then she doesn't tell me until it's too far gone. There you go. Too late.