Do you suffer from low mood on sundays

[crochetmonkey74]

I do, whatever my life is like, I find Sundays hard..anyone else? If you do, how do you combat it?

Depends on the weather, how noisy the dc are, how much housework we have to do and how well I slept! I don't really mind it though tbh but I am very lazy so happily take a day where we can just put our feet up.

I don't know if it's a low mood but I'm definitely more stressed.

I think it's just exhaustion, working all week, health issues, cooking cleaning and no actual break or lay in and then ready to do it all again Monday.

I used to before I changed careers. I love sundays as my rest day now, even though I do sometimes want to rewind to Saturday tbh.

Yes. And I don't even work on a Monday. When the DC's were primary age I almost always organised a day out on Sundays to take the blues away. But they're teens who won't do that now, so I'm stuck.

Yes. I enjoy my job but the 'back to work' feeling is still crap. I think it's partly because it means getting up early, sorting the kids out, lunchboxes, uniforms etc. DD also struggles with it so she tends to get upset on a Monday morning and I find it hard to be positive for her.

I had Mondays as my day off for a while and it was quite nice, it meant that it didn't matter if I didn't get all the jobs done on a Sunday because I could do them on the Monday instead- really took the pressure off.

Yes, and I am retired. Where I live, there is very little to do on Sundays and in winter it's utterly dire. I have spent a lot of time online looking for stuff to do and not got much further forward. If the weather's really bad I can't even go for a walk.

I've always hated them so changed my days at work and now work Sat - Tue it made such a difference having 3 days off in the week, no idea why, I'm halfway through my working week now, the pp comment about school does actually resonate, maybe it stems from that

I love Sundays. I enjoy the relative quiet, the lack of need to rush around, having a chilled start to the day. I've normally done most of the housework and washing, I rarely schedule anything too demanding on Sundays so if I do anything it's a lunch with a friend or a walk as opposed to something which needs a long journey and a lot of prep.

I also quite enjoy the pre-work rituals I have (checking my diary, getting my house in order and getting DD ready for school). And sinking into bed early with a book.

It probably helps if you don't hate your job as well and I don't.

I like Sundays. It’s a chill and reset day.

I find there is a very definite different ‘atmosphere’ on a Sunday sort of depressive and I don’t work Mondays so it’s not that, even if I went into town shopping and for something to eat it would feel much nicer doing that on any other day of the week for some strange reason.

This!

Yes, absolutely!!

I don't work Mondays so haven't felt it for a while, but I felt it for my DS earlier as he was realising the weekend was coming to a close. We've had such a nice weekend together and it has been nice to see him relaxed but now he's back to being agitated and slightly anxious- he has not been finding school easy this year. It's such a shame.
Hope your Sunday blues pass.

Sometimes! It’s hit and Miss as to whether I will or not. Liking your job helps and I love mine.

I enjoy Sundays just like I enjoy Saturdays. I like tidying, doing the washing and getting organised for the week ahead. We quite often go for a walk, sometimes out for a meal, just make the most of it.

I don’t usually but today I’m with you. I have a very difficult week ahead and currently cannot wait until next Friday night 🙈 I’m wishing my life away.

As a PP said, there’s a very definite feeling and atmosphere on Sunday, can’t explain it but only applies to Sunday, no other day, very odd

Countdown to work, I’m with you, OP. Not loving my manager currently, I honestly think she needs help which I am not qualified to give re her mh. It makes life very tricky.

I used to feel like this. I've always worked shift work/weekend work so also wasn't connected to the usual back to work dread as I've never had weekends off.
I remember as a child my mum being really stressed and down on a Sunday evening, wonder if maybe all our parents hated Sundays and so it's a subconscious thing!

Interestingly I now love Sundays, it's dh only day off work, and only in the winter as he works 7 days all spring and summer so I associate Sundays with lovely lazy family days with dh and ds, walking the dog, big lunch and a slow afternoon playing and pottering. Can't really remember when or why my mindset changed though

Yeah, I very much get the Sunday dread/Sunday blues and I don't even hate my job! It's only at this time of year as well, I don't get it at all in spring and summer.

If it’s not about being back at work the next day, why is Sunday more of a drag than a Saturday, though? Assuming you’re in the UK (unless you live on the Isle of Lewis or something) everything’s open and you can do the same things on a Sunday that you can do on any other day, really. What’s the draggy element?

I’m not doubting or belittling how you feel, by the way - you feel the way you feel, and god knows there are some irrational things that I find depressing too. I’m just genuinely interested to know more about what specifically feels more dull about a Sunday to you.

I think it's left over from school days - that feeling of dread and worrying about homework not done!