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SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Unknown userMember22 May 2017, 12:11 am AEST

SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

WINTER BLUES 😞

Does anyone else start getting really down in May? As long as I can remember - may is a difficult month for me, long before the Major Depression label. It spirals into slothful living and sleeping the winter away. Even though I love autumn weather, on the inside I just want to go to sleep and bide my time 'till spring comes - when I know i get a burst of energy back. Lots of people suffer SAD, and for some its serious. Its a well documented condition, and in my case compounds existing depression & anxiety, the tipping point. I noticed here on the forums last year that a lot of us struggled to get through winter, even here in mild Australian weather. What, if any are your winter blues symptoms in the winter?

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OwlunarSenior Contributor21 May 2018, 9:23 pm AEST

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Hi @Former-Member

I have a warped and rather sharp sense of humour - I get the joke in several different ways - not going there right now

I love your pic though and I have been thinking of you - I think of have the gloomies in my soul - either that or thyroid - I told me doctor I thought my BP tablets are too strong - and I am having blood and urine tests - already said that here - I am not hypochrondrical and feel having all these tests is just the doctor looking for a problem I don't want to know about -

Dec drops her head onto the computer keyboard feeling dejected - muttering - I hate cold and gloomy weather

Take like as it comes Lapses - we really have no other way to get through it

Dec

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Unknown userMember22 May 2018, 12:54 am AEST

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Oh @Owlunar= sorry you're crook @the moment. get Well ⊙_⊙

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OwlunarSenior Contributor22 May 2018, 2:58 pm AEST

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Hi @Former-Member

I just have to survive it - totally convinced it is the weather and SAD - I think I have a bunch of SAD emojis here

Take your pic - now I am thinking - which is me today - top left I think - still thinking it's gotta have a funny side - and I also think there is a way of clipping these

It is sooooooooo interesting to look for appropriate pics - all the stuff I found looking for a gloomy pic that suited me - no - I am not that miserable - just don't feel like moving out of my shadow and you know - my shadow is not the worst place in the world to be

I had bacon, eggs and tomatoes for lunch - dim sims and salad for dinner last night - I eat well - I am not worried about most of the tests the doctor wants on that order - I think he is glad I am finally going and getting something done about a blood test he has wanted me to have for a few years - not really interested either - sure it's the weather

How are you going there sis - I know it ain't easy - I guess you would like to look after your Dad alone in peace for as long as he lasts - pity about those brothers

Care heaps

Dec

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Unknown userMember22 May 2018, 11:08 pm AEST

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Sorry @Owlunar, brain not working.

think i have the blues

Think we should run away together and hibernate from the world 'till spring. At least then we wouldn't be alone.

I need a good cry. So tired.

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Unknown userMember29 May 2018, 10:55 pm AEST

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One of those night, can't stop crying

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soulSenior Contributor29 May 2018, 10:59 pm AEST

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Sorry to hear that you’re struggling @Former-Member. Anything in particular that is getting you down?

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soulSenior Contributor29 May 2018, 11:10 pm AEST

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Hope you’re okay @Former-Member and that things will be better for you in the morning.

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Unknown userMember29 May 2018, 11:16 pm AEST

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My friend up north who has been watching my place / watering my garden just rang earlier, in one of her moods, and said shes sick of it - ALL OF IT 😞 Something about having to do the 10min extra drive after work... Guess shes not 'getting'anything out of it.

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Unknown userMember29 May 2018, 11:25 pm AEST

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How does so may think i should leave dad ? She thinks her comment was gonna "put a spanner in the works" of my plan to stay as long as my dad needs me. Its like they'd rather o be the victim forever, not grow, not be useful... So over it myself. I dont know what to do but to stay. My si sdont careenough tohelp dad

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soulSenior Contributor30 May 2018, 4:47 am AEST

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That’s a difficult situation for you to be in @Former-Member. I can understand how that must be upsetting for you. I know that you are a long way from there. Torn between your responsibilities. And with little assistance from your family.

How often is she visiting your place? Perhaps, as you say, she was just in a bad mood. Maybe she just meeds some words of appreciation more often. I do hope that this gets resolved for you.

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