Don’t you just want to scream when you’ve seen the last of the snow melt, you’re looking for buds on the trees and one more blizzard comes rushing through? That is the seasonal restlessness we all know so well as spring fever. It has the potential of making us miserable or giving us a boost into the coming season. Turn your spring fever around with our 15 ways to ease your day.
For most of us, spring fever isn’t considered a medical condition per se. It does affect our moods and stress level. So indirectly it becomes a health care issue. Though it is rare, some people deal with the changing of the seasons with a more serious condition known as seasonal affect disorder (SAD). This one typically presents as depression around the changing of the seasons. In most of those cases, changing from winter to spring tends to brighten their mood, unless winter lingers, which drives all of us nuts.
Our 15 ways to ease your day will help keep you occupied and looking toward brighter days. However, if you suspect that you could be suffering from the more severe effects of SAD, contact a health care professional.
One of the best spring fever fighters is to get outside and take in the sun whenever you get the chance.
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It provides you with vitamin D, which your body makes from natural sunlight is your best defense against seasonal depression.
Put off your New Year Resolutions until spring and nip spring fever in the bud.
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It’s really ridiculous that we make New Year Resolutions in the winter. Actually, spring is truly the season of renewal. Make use of the momentum of spring to give your resolutions a boost.
You might be saving your big vacation for summer. But you can also take a mini vacation to help leave spring fever behind.
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Nothing gets rid of that cooped up feeling of spring fever like getting out of town, even if it’s only for a few days.
As the season starts, all kinds of birds begin to return, making bird watching an ideal activity to beat spring fever.
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Birds have a way of making us feel free and are a signal of the coming season. So bird watching is the perfect way to welcome the season and your feathered friends.
Another way to get a grip on spring fever is to go looking for crocus flowers.
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The crocus flower is one of the few flowers that thrives growing up through the snow in spring time. They are promise of what lies just around the corner.
If you haven’t already started taking up cycling, it is another great way to combat spring fever.
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Cycling is great exercise that gets you out into the sun and burns off that restless energy. Springtime is a great time to start up this new hobby.
You might think it’s just for kids. But damns and rivers can lighten the spirit of adults too; keeping spring fever at bay.
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This is a great family activity that is messy indeed. But it can also challenge your reasoning skills as you engineer your damns and rivers. It has the added benefit of getting rid of the mud faster.
There is no better time to take up the hobby of making and flying kites. It’s a great spring fever buster too.
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Kite flying gets you out into the sun. Kite building is a great way to anticipate the arrival of spring while you’re still pinned up indoors.
Spring cleaning is traditional and it is a tried and true method of squashing spring fever.
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Spring cleaning is like getting a new, fresh start, just like the season itself. It tends to give you as sense of accomplishment and renewal, which are sure cures for depression.
Fight off colds and flu, which serve to make spring fever worse. Do this by making sure you have plenty of vitamins in your diet.
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The antioxidants of vitamin C help fight colds and flu and B vitamins help boost your energy and help synthesize other nutrients in your body. It gives you a fighting chance to beat those springtime illnesses.
Minerals also make a huge impact when fighting off spring fever.
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Magnesium is well known for combating depression and holding off stress and anxiety often associated with spring fever. The other three give magnesium a boost as well as aiding in the production and synthesis of other nutrients such as vitamin D.
A massage is great any time of year. But it is also a great way to rub out spring fever.
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Work all of those kinks and muscle spasms out of your body, giving your muscles something of a spring cleaning.
If you’re feeling winter blue, brighten up with a makeover and take spring fever by storm.
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You spring clean your house, why not do a little spring cleaning on yourself. A new hairstyle and softer, smoother skin can pull you out of that foul winter gloom.
A spring detox is another way to get control over spring fever and start fresh from the inside out.
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A detox can get rid of the toxins in your body that have weighing you down throughout the winter and make you feel light and fresh like spring.
Puddle jumping is probably the most fun way to splash out spring fever there is.
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You’ll want to make sure you’ve had your vitamins and minerals so you don’t get sick. But this sun and fun activity will make your feel young again and give you a fresh start to spring.
Wrapping it Up
Although, for most of us, spring fever isn’t a serious health condition, wiping it out is still does body, mind and spirit a world of good as you transition into the coming season. Make use of one or more of our 15 spring fever remedies when the winter blues linger and ease your day.
If you have other ideas for beating spring fever we’d love to hear about them in the comments below.
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