Mid Winter Blues or Depression

[quietRIOT]

IN RESPONSE TO THE TITLE OF THIS THREAD...I HAVENT READ ALL THE THREADS...NO DIS RESPECT....whoops a daisy locks on ....(dont dis me for this i'm only human )
i get fed up in the winter...dont mind snow. and crispy mornings when the sun shines but the lack of sunlight and dark nights does affect me Big time...
in some places around the world like russia ..they actually treat depression there..cos of the lack of sunlight they get. with sunbeds sesssions....not too good for the body. and i wouldnt reckomend it but it just goes to show that sunlight does affect mood...or rather lack of it ...
i looked at the s.a.d.theory...and they have light boxes you can buy which give off the same kind of light as the sun...the price range is not cheap mind....
but yeah gimme warm country.outdoor short tee shirt weather anytime.....
i plan to emergrate..end of...not for me putting your toe out of bed on a cold morning and shivering ......i have to have the heating timed to come on before i can get up...me hates cold houses ...and weather....its funny all my clothes are nearly all summer ones.now what does that tell me !!!!!SUMMMMTIME!!!!!!!!!!!RULES

[Angel]

Originally posted by quietRIOT

SUMMMMTIME!!!!!!!!!!!RULES

Agree with that,dark outside when I leave for college and it's fcuking dark again when I get home

I don't feel really good at the moment either, one moment I'm happy and laughing the next I cry and bite peoples head off,and do and say things I normally wouldn't,feel really easy hurt if people say things to me,take it very personal and I don't like being like that

Well I do have exams in 2 weeks time and that probably is a huge part of it,but I already know I have passed,but just passed isn't good enough for me,I need to do really well or I'll be very disappointed in myself

[Tank Girl]

Originally posted by Angel

Agree with that,dark outside when I leave for college and it's fcuking dark again when I get home

I don't feel really good at the moment either, one moment I'm happy and laughing the next I cry and bite peoples head off,and do and say things I normally wouldn't,feel really easy hurt if people say things to me,take it very personal and I don't like being like that

Well I do have exams in 2 weeks time and that probably is a huge part of it,but I already know I have passed,but just passed isn't good enough for me,I need to do really well or I'll be very disappointed in myself

Take time to look after yourself with in all your studying,

it's difficult being a 'high achiever' as we sometimes are setting our selves up for a fall as perfection in non achieveable,
I have the same thing - anything I ever did wasnt 'good enough' - but have tried to change my perception as an adult and not let those who molded me remain in my head... its a tough one though

[pixiegirl]

I've noticed a distinct slow down on my attitude over the last couple of weeks. Time to get my arse to a few lively classes at the gym to shake myself out of it otherwise I'll spend the whole of the winter hiding in my duvet or lamenting until I can get back to it.

[Playground Politics]

exercise helps..... fact

[Raj]

Originally posted by Playground Politics

exercise helps..... fact

It sure does help [its not enough on its own to solve mine though] with the feeling blue

[Angel]

Hows you all doing?

[Angel]

Well.. good it seems like


Read this on the first page

Depression can be triggered by a wide variety of things: the SAD [seasonal affective depression] is brought on by the lack of light in winter, a relationship breakdown [any family member not just a partner], a change in circumstances [loss of a job, moving], some medical treatments or illnesses, having a baby [post natal depression] and many other things.

The important thing to realise is that if you are depressed you are not the only one and that there is help available out there.

Think being in love where things are complicated (don't live in the same country yet) can trigger depression too

this is how I feel at the moment-

- Disturbed sleep, usually waking early and being unable to get back to sleep
- Tearfulness for no reason
- Short temper
- Lack of energy and constant exhaustion
- Lack of concentration
- Feelings of hopelessness and despair
- Unrealistic sense of failure
- Loneliness, even when around others
- Loss of appetite and resulting loss of weight
- Variation of mood during the day. It's often worse in the morning, improving as the day goes on - but the pattern can be the other way around.


People tell me it's normal feeling like this when in love..

Well if that's true, I don't like it at all

[Tank Girl]

Originally posted by Angel

People tell me it's normal feeling like this when in love..

Well if that's true, I don't like it at all

[DIONYSUS]

Originally posted by Angel

Well.. good it seems like


Read this on the first page

Think being in love where things are complicated (don't live in the same country yet) can trigger depression too

this is how I feel at the moment-

- Disturbed sleep, usually waking early and being unable to get back to sleep
- Tearfulness for no reason
- Short temper
- Lack of energy and constant exhaustion
- Lack of concentration
- Feelings of hopelessness and despair
- Unrealistic sense of failure
- Loneliness, even when around others
- Loss of appetite and resulting loss of weight
- Variation of mood during the day. It's often worse in the morning, improving as the day goes on - but the pattern can be the other way around.


People tell me it's normal feeling like this when in love..

Well if that's true, I don't like it at all

[Southcaver]

Originally posted by Angel

Well.. good it seems like


Read this on the first page

Think being in love where things are complicated (don't live in the same country yet) can trigger depression too

this is how I feel at the moment-

- Disturbed sleep, usually waking early and being unable to get back to sleep
- Tearfulness for no reason
- Short temper
- Lack of energy and constant exhaustion
- Lack of concentration
- Feelings of hopelessness and despair
- Unrealistic sense of failure
- Loneliness, even when around others
- Loss of appetite and resulting loss of weight
- Variation of mood during the day. It's often worse in the morning, improving as the day goes on - but the pattern can be the other way around.


People tell me it's normal feeling like this when in love..

Well if that's true, I don't like it at all

I had a lot of those symptoms a While back, especially the
- Disturbed sleep, usually waking early and being unable to get back to sleep
- Short temper
- Lack of energy and constant exhaustion
- Lack of concentration
- Feelings of hopelessness and despair
- Unrealistic sense of failure
- Loneliness, even when around others

I went to the doctors about a month ago and he told me I was depressed, Seemed strange because we couldn't work out a reason for me to be depressed.
Anyways, Apparently there dosen't need to be a particular reason and he sorted me out some pills (citalopram)
So I've been taking 1 a day for about a month and they now seem to be working, they took about 3 weeks brfore I noticed a difference but I deffo feel a lot better.
I went for that job in austria which I don't think I'd of even thought about doing a couple of months back.
And I just feel a lot more posative about everything.
If you do think Your depressed Go down to your doctors and they Know there shit and have help'd me loads

[Angel]

Originally posted by Southcaver

I had a lot of those symptoms a While back, especially the
- Disturbed sleep, usually waking early and being unable to get back to sleep
- Short temper
- Lack of energy and constant exhaustion
- Lack of concentration
- Feelings of hopelessness and despair
- Unrealistic sense of failure
- Loneliness, even when around others

I went to the doctors about a month ago and he told me I was depressed, Seemed strange because we couldn't work out a reason for me to be depressed.
Anyways, Apparently there dosen't need to be a particular reason and he sorted me out some pills (citalopram)
So I've been taking 1 a day for about a month and they now seem to be working, they took about 3 weeks brfore I noticed a difference but I deffo feel a lot better.
I went for that job in austria which I don't think I'd of even thought about doing a couple of months back.
And I just feel a lot more posative about everything.
If you do think Your depressed Go down to your doctors and they Know there shit and have help'd me loads

I'm really glad you feel better

[Southcaver]

Originally posted by Angel

I'm really glad you feel better

Cheers me'dears, me too

[Tank Girl]

Originally posted by Southcaver

told me I was depressed, Seemed strange because we couldn't work out a reason for me to be depressed.
Anyways, Apparently there dosen't need to be a particular reason and he sorted me out some pills

yeh indeed, can just be a chemical inbalance

glad your feeling brighter

[sonooo]

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