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[violachic]

Raise your hand if you have issues with SAD, and find that November is already kicking your ass.

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[zana16.livejournal.com]

Me!

[madresal.livejournal.com]

I think I might have issues with SAD, last winter was tough. But it really didn't hit me until January. I've started swimming at the Y during my lunch break so I'm hoping that will help this year--exercise works as a natural antidepressant for me.

[belmikey.livejournal.com]

*raises hand*

I had a respite over the weekend. I don't know what either the Sin Twitties or Chicagoland were like, but Indiana, where I was, was sunny by day, crystal clear at night. The eclipse rocked hard and took prisoners.

But now I'm back in Mini Soda, and it's grey again...

[ex-divalibby633.livejournal.com]

*sits on her hands*

I LIKE WINTER!!!!!

I MISS MINNESOTA!!!!!!!

[stannate.livejournal.com]

It's not as bad as it has been, but there's still a lot of November to go through before Thanksgiving. I usually do not like the time between the end of DST and Thanksgiving, but there's been a fair amount of sun in spite of the earlier sunsets.

Talk to me in a week, though, and I may be singing a different tune.

[thumgreene.livejournal.com]

You just need more drugs for the winter.

"It's the American way!"
-Sam the American Eagle

SSAD

[pdx42.livejournal.com]

I don't feel a thing until the days get so short that I am arriving for work and leaving from work in the dark. That starts in December and continues through most of January.

Autumn is my favorite time of year, but I have issues with SSAD (Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder). Frankly, I don't know that it's a disorder exactly. I am so miserable in hot, sunny climes that I feel miserable and very cranky. This actually fits the definition of SSAD, but in reality I think it's just a reasonable reaction to being extremely uncomfortable due to weather.

The exceedingly long days bug me too. On the summer solstice, our "day" here is over 18 hours long!

I sympathize with you, but autumn is my favorite time of year.

[prrrn.livejournal.com]

*cackles* Makes me very glad I'm in San Diego!

[rollick.livejournal.com]

I'm doing okay at the moment, though when the first cold weather hit here, I almost shut down completely.

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[violachic.livejournal.com]

Ha! I'd change places with you in two twitches of a monkey's eye! That actually sounds like a really good environment for me.

Ironically enough, autumn is my favorite time of year, too- except for the drastically shortened days, especially after daylight savings ends.

Re: SSAD

[pdx42.livejournal.com]

Of course, I don't have to deal with Mid-west winters, either. Here in Portland, we are pretty far north, but close to the Pacific Ocean, and at a low altitude. Where I live, we might see two or three days of snow a year, with a total snowfall of less than 5". Last year, there was no snow at all here. All this, with the nation's best skiing (Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor) so close we can see it from town. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_narcissis_/]

hug

Re: SSAD

[violachic.livejournal.com]

Heh. Know anyone in Portland looking for a roomate?

[ironheadjane.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* yeah, and my birthday has the luck in being at the END of the month.

and I'm on anti-depressants.

bah.

[tykers.livejournal.com]

*raises hand*

I don't know if I do have it or not, but I swear it sure does seem like I do.

And it usually doesn't start kicking my ass until January. Thanksgiving and Christmas are so much fun I really don't notice it until afterwards.

[thumgreene.livejournal.com]

Forget the drugs, I feel so much better with the hug.

[neyrox.livejournal.com]

yeah, i'm always having issues with SAD this time of year. i'm from the old school of "knowing is have the battle" (go joe!) so i dont' let it get me down. i learned to cowboy up and get it working again. however, i often find myself surrounded by SAD sufferers.

i like the concept of using the knowledge of what is happening as a tool to combat it. i don't like using the knowledge as an enabler to slip further into depression. that's just SAD!

anyway, to each their own i've learned.

keep swimmin mister!

[violachic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, knowing what's going on and what's happening can go a long way to preventing future problems. I'm glad I know as much as I do. Sometimes, though, that isn't enough to buoy me up.

[violachic.livejournal.com]

me too :-) And my two favorite kinds of hugs are Sunday hugs and Felicity hugs.

[thumgreene.livejournal.com]

Sigh, the wealth of feeling loved. I love your hugs too!

[earle29.livejournal.com]

Yup. And I just figured it out not too long ago. Can't get up on time, I am lethargic, and basically, just not nice lately, but that might be because my last training class was getting on my last damn nerve too.