Who are you joining in The Light Room? 

Hey! I’m Neina Sheldon (known to my friends as Neens).  I set up The Light Room blog in February 2012, as I wanted to provide some support to fellow sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and Winter Blues / Winter Depression.

Many evenings that January, I chatted with people on the Lumie Forum; I’m a complete chatterbox and I really enjoyed swapping tips and catching up on each others’ days.  From this, and after some research, I decided to set up The Light Room.  I’m very grateful to my friend Emma, who writes a wonderful blog herself, for her help and encouragement.  Also to my Dad, for previous e-boot camps, which meant I had some idea how to go about setting up a blog!

I’m not an “expert” on SAD and Winter Blues – I’m not in a medical profession or an academic researcher.  But I have been successfully managing my symptoms since I was diagnosed with SAD in 2003.  Any advice I might give is based on my own personal experience.  It needs to be weighed up with what you know about yourself and your own experience of SAD or Winter Blues.

I would always recommend going to see your GP if you are experiencing symptoms of SAD or Winter Blues to get a proper diagnosis.  They’ll be able to assess whether you have one of these conditions, or whether your symptoms are a result of something else.

Besides enjoying writing this blog, I work as a Marketing Executive, which I love!   I relax by curling up with a good book, cooking, eating out, walking, catching up with friends over a cuppa and cake… I also love taking photos, crafting, a good night out with friends, the theatre and cinema.

I really hope you’ll find what you’re looking for in The Light Room.  Whether that’s information, support, advice or just a friendly place to come when you’re feeling a bit ’bleurgh’ – I hope it helps!   To find out more about the blog itself, please visit About The Light Room.