Anyone else just feeling a bit blah and flat?

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I usually quite enjoy this time of year as its a fresh start and I like to set new goals and organise my life a bit but this year I just can't get motivated to do it. I didn't feel very christmassy either this year, I did enjoy the break but it didn't feel very magical which I put down to a stressful period right before christmas and so was really looking forward to this period when things would be much calmer but rather than feeling good I just feel a bit flat.

Anyone else?

Yep but it's January. It's always rubbish. We need sunlight

Yep. I don’t usually dislike winter. I like blankets on the sofa and wellie walks but this year feels like a slog.

Yeah, it's more than just January. I struggled to feel excited about Christmas for the first time in decades. Now I'm struggling to do anything at all. Flat as a pancake. I cried today because my grocery delivery was wrong ffs.

We had a shocker of a summer (July/August) and loads of rain and it’s made winter feel so long IMO.

Well at least I know I am not alone! Hopefully things will pick up soon!

Normally love this time of year but I am feeling very meh at the moment. Christmas felt the same. Don’t know why. I can’t stand summertime so I should be in my element and I usually am but feeling flatter than a witch’s tit.

@Icantbedoingwithit I'm exactly the same, usually this is my best time!

I hear you! Can’t put my finger on why though.

That's about right, I feel much the same, I'm watching that post office doc at the moment and I cry all the way though every episode!

I had to force my Christmas joy. I did enjoy it in the end but then I had a post grad uni deadline up until 22 Dec so I put it down to that. Dd has GCSEs and it’s all quite overwhelming and dh’s job is at risk (he’s not enjoying it anyway so I just want him to find something else soon). It feels like 2024 is a year of uncertainty and I hate it.

Actually you have hit the nail on the head. 2024 is a year of uncertainty for me too for numerous reasons and I think that’s why I feel the way I do.

@Icantbedoingwithit flatter than a witches tit! OMG I’m dying 🤣

yes, I’m feeling the same. I noticed a similar mood among colleagues, no exciting holiday plans or New Years resolutions.

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Yeah I have noticed it with other people too. Not just the winter haters.

I did towards the end of last year. Went to the GP who took bloods which have flagged a few things that need a follow-up but her basic recommendation was self-care. Eat well and gentle exercise. Meditation or yoga.

I did book a holiday (at midnight on 30 December) I showed dh an option and it ticked all our boxes. We were planning to wait until end January to book but that night we were feeling bleugh and exhausted and both went “fuck it, let’s book!”… now I’m wishing the year away to end July when we have a week in the sun ☀️

I think it's a combination of factors- summer was shit weather, economic situation and general straightened circumstances for lots of folk, , awful world affairs, uk politics, it's a very negative situation generally unless in position of ski holidays, Caribbean winter sun and blocking everything else out etc

Yep. I would happily fast forward through January, February and March.

Was just saying to a friend I have this weird marking time feeling at the moment a bit like the way I felt before Covid started in 2020 . I don’t know I feel so many interactions with friends and colleagues feel very unnatural at the moment like there’s something in the air . Our work group chat is normally buzzing all day with nonsense but even it’s dead quiet .

I was all set to start a diet - feeling really positive, despite having lots to lose. Looking forward to that miraculous moment when you look in the mirror and realise there is less of you, and your clothes are suddenly hanging beautifully instead of resembling the skin on a sausage. Can I get going?! No! I start every day with a 'good' breakfast and positive attitude. By 10 a.m I am head first into the biscuit tin. By lunchtime I am inhaling bread thickly slathered with butter. By dinner time I can't be bothered to cook a carefully planned healthy dinner and I'm shovelling pasta down my neck, swilling it down with pints of shiraz and crying because I am hideous, hideous, and will drop dead with fatness and a liver like a foie gras goose.

Yeah, this year isn't going so well. I have no zip, oomph or will power. Terrible.

Yup
Struggling financially was ill the whole of November and December , didn't look forward to Christmas for the first time in forever although it went okay
I just think it's been awful in terms of weather the last couple of years we are in a recession things just feel a bit bleak

😂

You and me both

Today in particular I've felt really low, lacking in energy and motivation. It's January blues for me

I’m so sick of all the negativity. Depressing news, shit weather all year round, awful rubbish TV, nothing in the shops ( if they haven’t gone bust), prices of everything skyrocketing. There just seems nothing at all to feel good about anymore. Even the roads are full of potholes. All call centres manned by bored, depressed, poorly paid and badly trained operatives. A lot of the time I can’t understand what they’re saying and vice versa.
Rant over. On the bright side the evenings are getting longer..

this is exactly how I feel, like things are just a bit strange just now.
I don't think the weather is helping, it's been so dull and so much rain.