Spring has now arrived strictly on schedule, right on March 1st. And along with it the traditional spring drowsiness, despondency and our beloved “depression”. What do you want, vitamin deficiency, seasonal exacerbation of diseases - we sigh on duty in offices, buses and at home in front of the TV (and our uncles and aunts on TV support us). But for mercy, what kind of vitamin deficiency? When our great-great-grandmothers survived until the end of winter on salted mushrooms and frozen potatoes - that was vitamin deficiency. (By the way, the holiday of farewell to winter, in addition to the sacred meaning, had another, quite utilitarian one: to eat the remnants of winter supplies. Meat, fish, vegetables - everything that was perfectly stored in the frosty winter becomes unsafe for health with the onset of warm weather). And today? Fruits and vegetables are available in stores all year round. Yes, in winter they are more expensive than in the gardening season; someone has to seriously think and rearrange their budget in order to afford cucumbers in January. But there is another option - pharmacies always have multivitamins, including inexpensive ones. That is, the presence of vitamins in the diet in winter is more a question of the ability to create a menu and prioritize the budget. Yes, I am aware that there are people who live on bread and pasta all year round and cannot afford either cucumbers or multivitamins. (I know firsthand, just remember the 90s: my mother is already a pensioner, her pension was delayed, I am a college student, they didn’t pay a stipend at all, so we couldn’t afford fruit, and there wasn’t any in stores at all). But for those who are just used to surviving, seasonal spring depression threatens much less. Rather, it’s the other way around: joy comes from the warmer air, from the feeling of having “got through the winter,” from the fact that summer is coming and it will be easier. I know families who still live on the edge (and beyond) of poverty. That is, there is no need to talk about a complete diet. On the other hand, I also know those who closely monitor their diet and health, but it is from the latter that complaints about the spring blues come. I have a suspicion that vitamin deficiency has nothing to do with it. Another excuse, besides the lack of vitamins, is the lack of sun and bright colors. Like, the psyche gets tired of dullness, and the body needs the sun for normal functioning... Well, doctors know better, I agree. There's just one thing. We spend most of the day within four walls. Our office “bright” colors are the same in winter and summer. TV, Internet, cinema – aren’t “bright colors” enough for us? Well...tell me, TV is one thing and quite another when you go outside - and it’s summer! I absolutely agree with you! Why aren’t we rejoicing at his imminent arrival? Or maybe that’s why we’re not rejoicing because nothing is changing?.. Office-home, TV-Internet, winter and summer in the same color... I hope that among those who read this, There are people who sincerely do not understand what I am talking about. Or maybe they have already stopped reading this text with the words “this does not apply to me.” I would venture to guess that these lucky people spent the winter snowboarding or skiing, or on the slides with their children, or even in winter they did not part with their bicycle, or since the beginning of January they looked into the garage to check on their favorite bike... Well, can you guess where I’m going with this? By the way, our ancestors, despite the objective lack of vitamins and sometimes food in general, spent the winter very actively on short daylight hours without the artificial joys of television and the Internet in the evenings. Try how to survive the winter without centralized heating and running water? I think many of us, spoiled city dwellers of the 21st century, are scared to think about this. Can you imagine how happy our grandparents were during the thaw? You no longer need to knock down ice near a well or ice hole, you don’t have to clean the path from the house to the gate every day, etc. And we’re whining that everything has melted and the mud is knee-deep... Maybe we’re just... overindulged? Once, at one of the meetings of the course “In harmony with yourself and the world,” we started talking about spring vitamin deficiency and came up with the funny word “AvitamiBrain.” This is when the brain lacks food for thought, impressions,2/