Thread for anyone struggling at the thought of long dark evenings #hotchocandhyggetypesnotyourthread

[Hobnobswantshernameback]

I hate the long dark evenings.
I know they are inevitable.
But every year is worse. Think it's also coupled to menopause symptoms where my general mood and anxiety levels are dreadful.
During the working week November to T he end of February I barely see daylight.
I try and get as much as I can but it's tricky to get outside during the working day
i take vitamin D. I exercise as much as I can.
I do try and embrace the seasons. But I just feel really daunted this year by the thought of it being dark so early
anyone want to commiserate or share any coping strategies
And no I don't want to snuggle under a blankie with a hot choc
just in case anyone thinks that's what I need 😂

Ha did you enjoy the kiss x? Texting my daughter at the same time

Bully for you, how does it feel to be so much better than the rest of us?

I hate it too. Can't wait for the spring.

Loved it!😂 😘 x

Hurrah! It’s the winter solstice. I used to work next to the Tower of London and could see the druids doing their thing on the 21st of December.

What are the Druids doing?

Asking the sun to come back.

It’s not bloody working is it! Yet another grey rainy day.
😥

Thank god we have conquered half of winter. I am struggling in the mornings, I feel I just can’t get up while it’s dark. Except I do but it’s a rush to start work then.

Then by the time I finish work its around 5 but feels like the middle of the night.

Then I am staying up too late just being pissed off about it being dark.

Like a wierd jet lag really.

I've kind of given up on getting outside very often. I do know it would be better for me, but it's so painful to walk. Still I am definitely improving on the last few years in terms of feeling better about the winter time.

It’s the wind combined with the dark days that’s really flattened me this year. Really doesn’t entice me to go out and try to do things.

That's exactly it! Each individual thing, I could cope with. Dark, cold, rain, wind. It's the combination

And I do make myself go out and about in all but the worst weather. Wrap up in eleventy-billion stupid layers and plod out into the mud. I'm sure it must help in some way. But I don't need cheery wintery types chivvying me along, thanks.

Morning all
howling a gale where I am and only just light.
Am sure all I need is a podcast to help me not notice all of the above.
Anyway, today I will try and see some daylight now that work is done and get some exercise.
The only two things I find helpful.

It’s blowing a hoolie here too and I have to take the dog out for his walk - not a thrilling prospect but I know I’ll feel better once I’m out. I think!

So wet and miserable in Glasgow today, it's going to be one of those dark and gloomy days when the light is never off.

I have been for a walk to get some daylight, I know it will have helped me, but even how long the shadows are has really pissed me off. The sun is far too low in the sky, I was not designed to live so far from the equator.

I read your comment and it's exactly how I feel ever year I can totally relate. I count down for the days being looong . I go to work it's dark in the morning I leave work it's dark by 4:30 pm I go home to a small room and that's me till next day . I feel so alone during the winter months 😔. I'm a totally different person during the summer.

Day 4 million of it raining and blowing a hooley. Have had enough and brought bright yellow Bobbi boots to pretend that the sun is out. Well, better than continually seeing grey everything underfoot.
counting on the days getting longer.

I have just come back from time with family in a sunny country. And now it's pitch dark and pouring at 8 am. I am trying to get back into walking, but it's so hard in this weather .

@Lentilweaver I hear you. I had a week in the sun before Christmas and my spirits just sank (and have stayed sunk) when I got back to this wet, windy grey. I feel so lifeless at the moment and the thought of going out is no pleasant. I will make myself go for a walk. I will.

I am really struggling to make myself go outside at all right now. The weather has been miserable for months (east coast of Ireland, the rain is sideways). It's all just so horrible. I work from home so have very little reason to drag myself out other than for school pickup which is about a minute away.

I am really not coping well. It's so dark and depressing. I just want to cry. Or go back to bed until April.

It feels like it has rained here every day since about October.

I couldn’t get out of bed this morning… just so gloomy… dreaming of summer

It's mildly sunny here! Racing through work so I can go out for a walk at lunchtime; hope it doesn't start raining again.