The SADs Club

[StormBlaze 993]

So January sucks. Everyone knows that, but does anyone else have moments of Seasonal Affective Disorder? I certainly get it every odd year or so. Last year was fine, the year before was the most depressing time id ever had. This year it's come back but not super bad. More of a case that my other half has been coughing/ill/flu since New years and Ive not really been out of the house, walking to work doenst count either as Im stuck indoors the whole day anyway.

Ontop of that, UK weather has been utterly miserable, more so than usual with no sunny breaks at all. The first little bit of sunlight was yesterday, but of course its gone again. Yeah ok so the UK is known for rain, but we can get sun like normal, but its been grey, cold and wet non stop. I'm going  alittle stir crazy from it, gaining weight, feeling all round rubbish really. Have had to cancel and push back sushi dinners in the city because my partner always gets worse at weekends it seems =/ Plus him being ill puts him in a bad sulking mood so we tend to snap.

so blagh!

Anyone else feel down this time of year? Or do you hate the sun?

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,164]

Weather and seasons don't tend to affect me as such (considering I love me some snowy weather, and even rain when it isn't excessive), but my mother tends to feel down at times when the weather is grey and dreary. Especially so if it goes on for a few days.

[EpicEnergy 23,248]

I don't have SAD, but I do feel like the winter time is harder for me than the other seasons.

[Envy 6,408]

I've never been diagnosed, so take it with a large grain of salt, but I've heard that reverse SAD is a thing and I think it's possible I have that, given how depressed I get when Spring is anywhere near rolling around. But it's also possible that Spring and Summer legitimately suck where I live compared to Winter and that's why I have those feelings.

[Lucky Bolt 35,246]

I’m pretty sure I have it, but undiagnosed. 

[Phosphor 11,540]

Long stretches of cloudy/rainy weather in the winter seem to negatively affect me. It's not full on depression or anything, but just a loss of motivation and feeling a little down. All of that goes away when the Sun comes out.