SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

hello @Former-Member , it is tricky , Mr shaz was diagnosed with SAD years ago ,I have only seen it written on his mecial report but he is totally affected by raining , wet days seems to be the worse

not sure if it is part of bipolar 11

Hello @Former-Member, @Owlunar

Its all connected @Shaz51, sometime several heavy chains linking up just sink us to the bottom. I believe this is why i got Complicated Grief, a build up of emotional pain overload :bomb:

Too much

We break

Welcome to the Forum Family @Former-Member

I can imagine how gloomy it can be in the NW United States - I guess you get snow with all the muck and slush and stuff - snow can be so pretty when the sun shines but just a few days of it can make me feel really tired of the monochromatic view - I had three solid days of snow on holidays once and I was so glad to drive out of the mountains into the sun

I live in Melbourne and we get spells of gloomy days in late Autumn and early winter - it seems to get better with the winter solstice when the wind seems to blow the ice out of the air

Okay @Shaz51 - I can just about hear Mr Shaz feeling down about the weather - he is in the club and you too - and @Former-Member - thanks for the pics - I really like the one with the snow family - not going to say why - that would be giving away too much of my sense of humour

So the bleakness is really starting to rot my socks - joining in the fun - [not] - just thinking that one more gloomy day passing is one more gloomy day past - I do not like counting blessings - just like to work my ways past all of it

Sending hugs though and I might try and find a snow man joke myself before I go out

Dec

thank you my second mum @Owlunar xx it get hard to encourage all the time , while still trying to do self care xoxo

OHHHHHHHHH @Former-Member, @Owlunar

hello @Former-Member, @Former-Member, @soul

Haha, very funny. @Owlunar but not sure i get it fully 😕 ... ... Hiya @Shaz51, tell mr shaz i said he has to make u a cuppa 🙂

Winter Blues - cat style (╥╯﹏╰╥)ง

, tell mr shaz i said he has to make u a cuppa --- ha ha yes I need a loving cuppa now Mr shaz

Hi @Shaz51

If Mr Shaz is getting up to make cuppas I would love a coffee - instant is fine -

It must be really hard to be encouraging for Mr Shaz when you are battling to keep yourself on an even keel - I get that - I know this is a bothersome situation - I get it too that you are unlikely to get any encouragement yourself - and I am not thinking that in an unkind way - when you married him you guys must have been good friends in love and that must be a wonderful memory - he became ill - mentally ill - and your have physical problems and there is a bit of cross-over for both of you

But most women seem to get on with things - as tough as they often are - just a little bit better than the guys

Did I mention that it's been proven that man-flu is real - men suffer more - the hormone oestrogen - wonderful as it is - we need it for all the female parts of us to work - including being there for others -

Fantastic that 0_|_]

I haven't been feeling well much - very so-so - since I have been taking these darn BP Tablets - I told my doctor today and I have to have all these blood and urine tests - suffering cats - I did not want to here that - mostly my thyroid is getting the works - aw - sheesh - this has not cheered me up one bit

Dec

I'm getting older - that's my excuse and it's working so I am sticking with it