Anyone who hates the winter thread

[JustMeBeingMe2022]

Is anyone like me and dreads the winter months? The dark nights, the cold, the rain, the snow and generally the pure drudgery of the winter months? I get no joy from crisp leaves, twinkly lights, hot chocolate or having to wear layers to keep the cold out.

I was diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder in 2016. I don’t take anti depressants but do use a light lamp.

Does anyone want to keep me company? I’m probably in a minority but I love wearing flip flops, light clothing, being in the garden and the long days of summer. I count down the days until the winter solstice when the days start getting longer..

Bloody hate winter. Love the heat, the warmth, the light, the lack of layers. Always hate winter and this one feels already so much worse.

Me!

Hate it. Hate the damp, hate feeling cold, hate wearing socks, hate travelling to work in icy conditions.

I’ve got a light lamp too. I would so much prefer to be sitting outside in the sunshine though.

Me!! I hate the winter. I am so much happier in the sun. I've not been diagnosed with SAD, but am sure I have it. OP can I ask how you were diagnosed?

I have adhd and waking up in the mornings us a real struggle for me. It's so much better though in the summer when I can have the blinds open and wake up with the natural sun.

Does anyone have a sun lamp alarm clock? I've been considering one on Amazon but don't want to pay for a really expensive one

Hate it. I'm going to try and plan something events to drag me through.

Me. I already felt a tinge of it last week when it was particularly dark and gloomy outside.

I need a list of things to buy. I have started taking a low level of meds which help with migraines and depression (I get migraines with artificial lighting so I have the summer off my meds)

Honestly I was so bad that I moved abroad. I can't stand grey skies. Makes me hibernate.

Now I am fine. Even in the colder months here the skies are blue

Same here op. Diagnosed with SAD many years ago and feel a real sense of melancholy as autumn starts. I loath winter but once we get to January I know hope is on the way!

Me. I can feel my mood drop as the minutes of lightness fade away.

Me I always join threads like this cos I seem unusual all my friends love autumn winter
I love the long days in summer, love getting my washing dried in 2 hours on the line
Love not being cold or getting wet every time I leave the house
I find winter SO depressing and so LONG it just seem to go on forever
I am someone that cannot get warm when it is cold so I tend to live at the gym evenings and weekends and workout to get warm but I walk there and in winter it is miserable cos dad and cold and usually raining (I walk everywhere in summer this is much better for me mentally and physically)

I hate the winter too, the cold and rain and me being constantly bundled up for at least 6 months of the year

I got a diagnosis via my GP but it took 3 years of struggling to realise what was wrong with me. I find by light lamp really helps and I take a high dose of vitamin D from August until March. It was so much worse when I was going to work in the dark and getting home in the dark. That’s another thing, I despise driving in the dark! I feel like all the joy drains out of me as the nights get shorter, it’s a horrible feeling.

Do you mind telling me where you moved to ?
I too hate grey skies.
I just didn't get the decorating trend of grey interiors and exteriors.
There's enough grey here in winter without adding to it.

I moved to Spain best thing I did

Where did you go?

I am seriously considering moving, mainly to escape the British weather, but need somewhere more definite than just 'abroad'

Haha, @LadyEloise1 , shall we form an escape committee?!

I loathe and detest winter. I hate the cold the dark . The fact that Christmas happens in the middle of it all . I'd love to move abroad but have a very home bird DH

I loathe it. Love light, sun, heat. Feel the cold dreadfully and get so depressed in winter. It got so bad last winter I was borderline suicidal - as soon as the lighter nights started, my mood lifted.

We're just back from our summer holiday, and I can feel winter looming on the horizon like a black cloud. I'm absolutely dreading it.

Hate it. The cold, the rain, the darkness. Nothing growing and bare trees. There used to be some pleasure in being cosy at home, but that clearly can’t this winter. And even if I could, I now feel guilty using too much energy from the endless environmental messaging. I find wrapping up a very poor substitute for the air actually being warm so I’m dreading it.

I wasn’t made for this climate.

i hate winter too,I literally just want to sleep my way through it!..I have zero energy in winter despite going for walks,eating healthy,nothing works for me.

I always say that winter does not begin until December and ends in February (or whenever I see anything beginning to grow - which ever comes first). It works for me

Me !

I don't have the winter itself so much but I really struggle with the lack of daylight and sun. I also suspect I may have adhd and for the trouble starts as soon as the clocks go back, I'm convinced I'd fare better if we stayed on BST all year around.

I use a sad lamp and I'm also obsessed with lighting in my house, have normal lamps everywhere. I find good lighting and decorating in a way that maximises colour and light in the winter helps.

Need to start the vitamin d again.

Sorry!
*I also hate the winter

**suspect I have SAD

I can feel my mood starting to drop already.

I'm not so bad to the point is SAD but I do really hate winter.

Mr too, I am a winter baby but never looking forward to my birthday or christmas,especially the way it's "celebrated" these days, just massive amounts of shopping, pointless gifts (that you feel obliged to reciprocate) and endless rows of turkeys at the shops (I am vegetarian).
Hate going out at dark and coming back the same, suddenly your entire day is gone working under fluorescent lights and darkness when you get out. I even feel more tired, like it's already bedtime.
So I've just accepted being miserable and a Grinch!

I love spring, most of summer (NOT the heatwaves) and adore Autumn but absolutely DESPISE, (I can not emphasise that enough!) Winter so, so much. I have anxiety and depression all year round but when winter and the dark, dreary nights come my depression goes to a new level. I am constantly tired, lethargy and down right miserable.
I also hate Christmas it exacerbates my anxiety and depression, just too much for my brain to cope with.
Getting out for a daily walk with my dog did help somewhat but he passed away a month ago so that will make me even more miserable this winter and walking on my own, without him won’t be the same.
Bloody hell, I’m going to be such fun this Winter!
I have often wondered if a SAD lamp would help - do they?