Seasonal affective disorder - does it exist? Do you suffer from it? This long dark winter has really go to me recently ... How do you chase away the Winter blues? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder
Stay outside under no circumstances go inside a building during the hours of daylight, garden ,if you need to teach do so walking outside in the style of the ancient greeks.
I can't say over here I have suffered from noticeable SAD. Back in my hometown I would but that is because there would be no sunlight, about 3-4 foot of snow on the ground, even colder weather, and just the greyest grey you can imagine. Here, it's rather nice. Ask me again in a few years though when I've gotten used to this sort of winter and by then I might find it depressing here too.
I think sunlight can be a factor in moods. There's a special light you can get that comes as close to replicating the effect of sunlight as possible. I saw it on the news, a woman who was fine in the summer, but became disabilitatingly depressed during the winter, used it and was fine afterwards....
i get it. my day is very noticeably affected by the level of light. if the sun is shining i get so much done and feel so much better in myself. when its grey or raining and cold, i feel really down and get very little done
i suffer from SAD too, i know i'm much more moody during the winter, especially between the end of october & begining of february. i'm just starting to pick back up again now the nights are getting lighter & we are getting more sun. its even notice able on a day to day basis, if its grey & awful outside i think alot more depressive but if the next day is sunny people notice that i'm much happier. my partner notices alot too, we argue much more in the winter & hardley at all in the summer. i've always loved summer & the sun, just sitting out in the sun makes me very happy. i hate cold & i'm very grumpy if i'm cold, i dont get grumpy like that in summer if i'm hot. i hate having to wrap up in winter, wearing all those layers of clothes to keep warm i end up feeling like the marshmellow man, in summer its nice cus you can wear as little as posible. this winter i tried a little experiment, i have a turtle & he has a full spectrum light that he has to have to bask under, its effectivley an immatation sun. i got up an extra half an hour ealier & put a bit of suncream on my face & put my head in the box for ten minuits. it did make me feel better for a short while but if it was grey outside i still felt a little depressed, its just that colour "grey" its such a depressing colour.
Im a major SAD sufferer...our flat at the moment has few windows and is a basement flat and this winter has been absolute hell for me, mood swings and depression and allsorts. Im fine in summer This year were saving up to go to Australia before the next winter hits here..thats how bad its been -Maxi.Xx
big fuckin wattage lightbulbs and plenty of candles man and lots of ganja ..........seriously it is a bad thing to go through .....like if you tell yourself we need the darkness to appreciate the light man we need the seasons to live ......yeah man about 4 months of the year can be pretty grim if you let it be but my advice would be look at the positives ........i mean we all sleep so does mother nature need to but if you look outside now rebirth is awakening .....
i got it pretty bad. especially when i was working full time and going to school full time. my doc told me to try a tanning bed every few days. it works wonders. since i was running a gym with a tanning bed, it was free. but one of those uv lights works really good if you don't have that. better for your skin anyway, not as hot. kinda funny to lay down in a tanning bed with the highest spf you can find. people look at you funny.
I tend to get SAD quite a bit - depressed in winter (ish) and OK in spring/summer. But my favourite season is autumn... funny.
I've ran out of smoke and I'm beginning to twitch, damnit, when I want to buy it there is none about, Sod's law! If it were Murphey's law I would have some by now.
my uncle grew the best in 3 counties. he was highly in demand. apparently they thought i had no idea what was going on. pfft. silly people.
