Winter Blues: What Do People Do to Cheer Themselves Up in the North East?

With winter fast approaching, many suffer from seasonal depression. What is the best way to keep spirit up during the dark winter months?

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00:00What we're doing right now, we're going on a little walk around Durham.

00:03We're going to pop into a bookshop, a little, but keeping those mental health walks going.

00:09You do cheer yourself up, start listening to Christmas music early.

00:15Yeah, early Christmas music.

00:17Have a coffee, stuff like that.

00:19Hot chocolate.

00:20Yeah, chocolate. Nice, yeah.

00:22Just warm drinks, start doing things like that.

00:25Yeah, we're always out, we're always somewhere, like anywhere, yeah, in pyjamas.

00:32So small things, maybe get a coffee, make the most of the sunshine if there is any,

00:38socialise and keep like, not talk about academic stuff with friends as well, keep them separate.

00:44I think is really important, because the whole thing can get very samey after I'm very repetitive.

00:49Yeah, I think we'll quite like it because there's more to do.

00:55Yeah, like when we're old, like on the night.

00:56With the Christmas stuff, yeah.

00:58Yeah.