Seasonal Affective Disorder

[oak]

Excellent idea.

I got one for my office a few years ago, and it really helped.

Previously I could feel the sad enveloping me.

[snoringdog]

Yes, definitely a physical feeling as well as mental.
Similar to hay fever, which I also have.

(Sun is bright today, so at least I don't have that to worry about!)

[snoringdog]

Well December 21- the Winter Solstice... shortest day of the year.... is over....

Days are getting longer from now on!

[brownblob]

That's a pleasant thought

[snoringdog]

Why does a small patch of blue sky toward the end of a very gloomy day make me instantly feel better? (Happened just now, but then, Boom it's gone).

Why am I so affected by the weather? What a pain in the ass this is.

[oak]

Brevity is the soul of wit:

You had a haiku of hope then pow!

Thanks for sharing.

[snoringdog]

Hey, that's a nice bit of poetry!

Thanks for posting it!

SD

[snoringdog]

Hello M, thanks.
It's such a drag to be affected so easily by it. The light box helps though.

Awhile ago I was pretty stressed and posted a bunch of haiku/poetry snippets. Felt like a compulsion, but it helped. Here's one -


Have you ever held a bird in your hand?

So Fragile
So Beautiful

So Determined to Live....

[snoringdog]

From Pink Floyd

"....And I can feel one of my turns coming on.
I feel cold as a razor blade,
Tight as a tourniquet,
Dry as a funeral drum...."

[oak]

Excellent. I am really glad to hear that.

What’s the plan for mitigating SAD this coming winter?