2023/24 SAD thread

[Idratherbepaddleboarding]

Hi again, I’m back for another year ☹️. I can’t see that anyone has started a SAD thread yet but today seems to be the day that it’s really kicking in! So here’s another thread to support each other through winter 🥶.

Just to introduce myself, I have regular depression with SAD on top, an eating disorder and ASD (a fun combination).

All are welcome, the only rule is no one is allowed to mention, hygge, snuggling or being cosy!

OMG the weather is so stunning I could cry happy tears! ☀️

I so know 😍☀

This was my view at half 8 last night, how anyone could prefer to be “snuggled up” in the dark under a blanket I’ll never know 🙈.

@Idratherbepaddleboarding that is lovely! We have had decent weather and lots of opportunities to be outside and enjoy the the light and get vit d from the sun rather than a bottle. Soooo good :) And let's hope it continues.

OMG! It's cold, grey, rainy and utterly miserable. Cue: epic crash!! :(

It’s absolutely awful here too! There’s flood warnings out and the smaller trees are blowing practically sideways 😭.

oh flip! It's the last day of May and so dark that I need lights on to see my keyboard! And I can hear the rain. I could cry!

I suppose I'll just take some extra strength vit D, switch on the SAD lamp and wait until I can slope off back to bed. This just feels so wrong. It should be summer 😭

@lyingonthebeach this week has been depressing hasn’t it 😫? Apparently it was nice yesterday but I was stuck in the office all day and missed it! It was cold by the time I left 😭.

What a lovely day. We've been outside all day The bright light and the warmth have been amazing. I feel wonderful for this boost and I hope you all do too 🌞

We had bright blue skies over the weekend but it was so bloody windy! I wanted to go Paddleboarding but it would have been a nightmare 😭. Still, we managed some good dog walks on the (extremely windy) beach and a bike ride.

Today is hideous though, it feels like winter and my Raynauld’s is playing up. It’s bloody June!

@Idratherbepaddleboarding I hope you and your joints are feeling better.

and that everyone is ok.

I just need to rant.

I have long struggled but one of my ways of coping with winter was always knowing that we would have summer. But that certainty has gone because we are looking like this is part of 2 years of cool, grey depressing weather with no end. Even friends without SAD say it is really dragging them down.

I just can't ............I am just tired, unfocussed and edgy all the time. If I am supposedly engaging with the world, I can't because I can't sit still and have the attention span of a gnat. Or I just want to hibernate (like in winter) in my cosy bedroom.

I feel so out of kilter with myself as well as the world.

Thanks for being here.

Let's hope it gets better for all.
xxxx

Yes I’m really struggling! One or two days no nice weather doesn’t cut it! I’m really worried about this winter with no reserves to carry me through 😭.

I'm going to be keeping my eye on Easyjet/Ryanair and booking regular short breaks to Tenerefe. Not the most glam or eco-friendly, I know, but it definitely helped in the last year and needs must. Sunshine snacks, as it were.

This shitty fuck-arse bollocking wank-bastarding weather. I have a "lock down" feeling, everything on hold, days passing with less meaning, a "that's another day done" mindset. It's seriously impacting my relationship with life.

Yup I’m literally done today 😭. It’s grey, windy, cold and raining. DH wanted to take the dog to the beach while DS is at cadets and get some chips to eat while sitting on the prom. That should have been so lovely after a horrendous day at work but we’ll either have to not go or wear full winter coats 😭😭😭. This time last year we were having to take the dog for evening walks as it was too hot for him during the day!

My daughter just came back from there where it was sunny for 4 days out of 14. The rest were grey and raining some days sadly. I'd rethink Tenerife

😭😡😥👊

is all I can say right now!

Don't look at the forecast for the next 7 days if you want to avoid feeling even worse

OMG it was a literal monsoon this morning 😭. I lay in bed and just cried, which is saying something as I can’t usually cry on my antidepressants!

Instead of my usual rantfest............. we have had a few days of decent weather; a fair bit of brightness, some blue sky, some warm sun. I feel soooo much better. I hope you all do too. Let's hope it will continue for a bit to keep us all on an even keel.

I’m so excited, I’ve booked next week off work and the weather looks set to be amazing! I must have some sort of good weather radar 😂. Hope everyone’s getting and enjoying some sunshine!

Is everyone having sunshine?? We got to go Paddleboarding finally yesterday for the first time this year and I’ve spent the whole day today in the garden except for breaks for the dog. I feel a million times better!

Oh me too. A few days of real summer I feel so much better- mentally and physically! Let's hope it lasts for what should be summer.

I'll raise a vit d infused glass of chilled rose to us all. ;) xx

Flipping heck! It has been grey and rainy for most of the day. It is now dark and bucketing down! It is July!!!! And the forecast for the rest of the week is not good. Help!!😭

@lyingonthebeach it’s been that was since last Thursday here 😭. Grey, rainy and if the sun does come out, so windy. It’s Shultz and I’m still in winter clothes and a coat 😭. WTF, I’m so depressed that the days are getting shorter and we still haven’t had more than a few days of summer!