Sad for no reason at all

[norrisshutup]

I had a good day today. I find I am at my happiest when I am being productive so after a day of work or uni or cleaning the entire house or just ticking a lot off my to do list.

Today wasn't really one of those days, I was watching my friends kids along with my own DD all day. I was in a good mood though and had a good, if not slow, day. My friend came home and I stayed for a coffee with her - all good.

I left hers, dropped my DD home and then went to the shops and as I was driving to the shops I just had this feeling of impending doom and just utter sadness. I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out if I'm worried about something but I'm really not, there's nothing I can think of.

This feeling has lasted since 5 pm, I feel utterly shit and down in the dumps and like the life has been sucked from me. Been looking forward to a nice dinner and day of shopping with my DD tomorrow, then I have 5 lovely child free nights ahead of me, full of wine, films and time with my dogs.

Why am I then feeling like this and why did it hit me like a ton of bricks out of nowhere?

I guess my AIBU is AIBU to think I'm the only person feeling like this?

Still sad

Sorry you're feeling bad - is there anything hormonal going on? That's the only thing I can think of that can suddenly make you uneasy in your own skin like that.

Or could it be something you were talking about with your friend, that had settled in your mind in a negative way?

I get a bit like this
it’s on the days you had too much time to think or you feel you just had chores / jobs
....understandable to feel a bit low i think

i cried for several hours last night and had a bit going on but nothing to warrant how bad I felt.

Try and look forward to the nice days ahead.

Is it a regular thing or could it be the changing of the seasons? I’m really struggling to adapt to the incoming darkness, it’s ridiculous but it’s having such an impact on my mood but I feel so alive in the summer but autumn winter I’m just SAD!

I echo @TheYearOfSmallThings with it possibly being hormonal. I get similar feelings as well that creep up on me. So it took a while for me to realise there was a link to my time of the month. But its like all of a sudden my life is turned upside down from one day to the next, and i’m worried about everything or annoyed at everything, when in reality nothing has actually changed. Then within a few days i’m back to normal. Like the clouds been lifted and i can see my life for what it is again! Have you checked the dates could the feeling be linked? For me it really is all-consuming and it took forever to work out the connection. Hope you are feeling better anyway… 🍀

I've been feeling like this a couple of days now. Like anything could make me cry.

I don't really have a period, well once every three to four months but nothing regular due to PCOS so it's really difficult to track if it may be period related.

I get like this when on my period, serious black clouds. I think it’s possibly this especially if you’re irregular.

sounds like your period is about to start

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has (finally) realised that this is linked to my hormones. I've been feeling sad and tearful today, for no reason. I only really get like this when it's that time of the month.

Also have pcos with breaks between periods and dark low moods.