Anyone else already feeling the January blues?

[Newmeagain]

I am feeling a bit low today.

Part of it is that I have just come back from visiting family abroad and have come back to an empty house. Before Christmas I had a couple of bits of good news and also my trip to visit family to look forward to, but now everything feels a bit empty. The weather is not helping of course.

I hate January so much. It’s the time of year I struggle with the most.

This is definitely the toughest January I can remember, although I always struggle.

This week I had terrible PMS, period now hit and I've still got the cold I had before Xmas. DH is ill with some flu like illness and it's day 4 now and I've lost all sympathy. DD3 also has a nasty cold and now a UTI on top. Three bed changes in the night. Now behind on all the housework.

It's just all got in top of me and the anemia isn't helping. Work hasn't been great lately and going back this week was hard. Hardly made any progress and called in sick on Thursday after struggling though wfh at the beginning of the week.

And I stepped on the scales 🙈.

Totally with everyone else on the dark and the cold being horrible.

I can get though Oct-Xmas bouyed up by the excitement of Xmas but when its over its so hard.

I've come to join the misery party 😂 I haven't read the whole thread yet but will get this off my chest first and then read.

I always find January extremely tough but this one is really grim. I've had tooth infection and then dry socket so have been in daily pain since early November and can't enjoy eating. I also have a cold and too much work to do and worst of all my DH is suffering with poor MH for the first time in all our 27 years together. He is struggling 😔 He is usually Mr smiley, resilient, energetic and cheerful so this absolutely sucks and I'm really worried about him. Perimenopause is also kicking my arse.

But I am trying my best to look ahead, support DH and basically just grit my teeth and hold out for some light, literally and metaphorically.

Sending strength to all to get through this bastard month!

Like many others I detest winter,roll on spring 🌼

@Waitingfordoggo just want to send much sympathy as having dry socket was the worst experience. Hope you are feeling better

Thanks @Nonamenoplacetogo, that’s kind. It is not healing well and I am making almost weekly visits to the dentist so he can repack the socket. I’ve had 4 lots of antibiotics in the last 6 weeks which is probably more than I’d had in my entire adult life prior to that so I’m feeling very sorry for myself but I have to assume it will heal eventually and I can get back to proper eating 😂 Just very glad I have an NHS dentist- lucky I know!

I've felt really miserable since December. Feel really shit, sad and miserable. Had loads of little things go wrong. Just burst into tears. It was all a bit too much.