Winter blues :-(

Former Member

Any of you suffer from the winter blues or SAD? Let me know.

Former Member

i do. as soon as the dark nights set in i become unmotivated and miserable :crying:

Former Member

The winter nights drawing in, and all-round shitty weather used to really, really get to me when I was a bit younger. When I first lived abroad my boyfriend found me this light-box that they apparently use in therapy for people with SAD. Basically I was supposed to stare at it when I felt depressed and it simulated the spectrum of daylight that you'd experience in the summer.

I suppose it worked, as I don't seem to suffer particularly anymore. I try and focus more now on the "cosy" aspect of winter; i.e. being inside in the warmth and light when it's freezing and pitch black outside. It seems to have an effect on the way I feel, strange as it sounds.

Former Member

I suffer from reverse SAD - I get moody and low in the summer rather than the winter.