Saying goodbye to winter always triggers depression, even in good times.

These times? They ain't good. But I don't have it in me to be active in the greater world right now, let alone march in the streets.

Doing my end of season socializing but otherwise only talking to family and fictional people for a while.

Thank you to everyone out there protesting while I can't.

#WinterSpirit #SeasonalDepression #Exhausted

I kind of forgot about Mastodon for a second 🙃

#seasonaldepression

Yesterday I had a bowl of potato chip crumbs for breakfast; Today I had chips and dip for lunch. I'm trying to decide if I'm depressed, or, I am just dealing with winter & our new political reality appropriately. #SAD #uspol #seasonalDepression #seasonalAffectiveDisorder

OK we got it Winter, your favorite color is white. You like cold mornings. But I haven't seen green in weeks; let's take a break.
#snow #winterwonderland #cold #seasonaldepression

#seasonaldepression #society #winter

Am I shooting a video or am I just so winter brained I have to blast myself with every light in the studio JUST to not fall asleep at my deck?

#seasonaldepression

I thought I couldn't hate this open office plan any more, but one of my coworkers has decided to share Christmas music with us today.

No one else is saying anything, so I'm just working with earbuds playing some stranger's depression playlist on Spotify. (And they snuck in "Last Christmas" by Wham!, but I caught it in time)

#OfficeProblems #SeasonalDepression #Whamageddon

Navigating Health Challenges and Family Connections

https://janetannelogan.com/2024/12/17/navigating-health-challenges-and-family-connections/

#CardiacHealth, #Cardiology, #Loneliness, #MedicalTmi, #SeasonalDepression, #Spoonie

@spoonies

I've been having difficulty waking up in the morning, or even the early afternoon- so I bought this alarm clock. I tried it today & it works great! I actually woke up before the alarm went off! I hate it
#SAD #seasonalDepression #seasonlAffectiveDisorder #depression

One more week till we get back to adding more light to our days....

This sunset at 4:40pm stuff is no fun.

#seasonaldepression #FridayFeeling

Hello SAD lamp, my old friend. We didn't put up any holiday decorations yet this year so I like to think of this as my one- giant ,very bright, Christmas light.

#photography #SAD #depression #seasonalDepression

Horn of flame
A #poem in five parts

i.

In an Edinburgh square, pale frosty dawn,
my collar upturned to ward off the sleet
a-pattering on the grey stony lawn
of slate flagstones and cobblestone streets.

#poemaday #poetry #writing #photography #travelphotography
#scotland #edinburgh #mentalhealth #seasonaldepression #winterdepression

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Here’s my latest from the newsletter. This is one of my Nat’s Letters which is for paying members (as low as $1/month). It’s all about confidence and trying to hang onto it. And how I lost some in my writing this year, but also how I got it back.

— Link: https://weaversdeepthoughts.com/newsletter/dont-stop-believing-in-yourself

The first of Nat’s Letters is free and is about seasonal depression and self-care.

— You can read that here: https://weaversdeepthoughts.com/newsletter/seasonal-depression-self-care

#SeasonalDepression #selfcare

#mentalhealth #seasonaldepression #peace #happyholidays

I got overwhelmed today and ran off to catch the last hour of daylight in the woods. I think it helped.

#PNW #Forest #SeasonalDepression

I dropped the first of hopefully many Nat's Letters last night. Shorter pieces on the newsletter that are part of the paid tier. But this one is free. I discuss seasonal depression and a method I used one year I had a bad winter. It's that time of year again unfortunately. If you suffer with seasonal depression, do you have some techniques for fighting it you'd like to share?

#Selfcare #Depression #SeasonalDepression #MentalHealth
https://weaversdeepthoughts.com/newsletter/seasonal-depression-self-care

#seasonaldepression

October 28, 2024… the worst day of the year.

Why?

I had to go out this morning to run a couple of errands. I needed to go to the supermarket to grab something I can cook for dinner tonight. As I was putting on my coat I asked Siri to tell me how the current weather looked. She answered on our bedroom Homepod and said it was snowing.

Bullshit. I looked out the window. Everything was wet, as if we had a little rain not long ago, but there was no snow falling. I felt better about the state of the world in that exact moment, but the seed had been planted. The signs pointed to today being a serious downer.

When I got to the supermarket and got out of my car it happened. I saw the first snowflake of the year. It was followed by a second and a third and maybe a few more, but that was it. In the time it took me to walk from my car to the building it had started and stopped. When I left a few minutes later it had not started again, and it continued to not snow all the way home.

It doesn’t matter though. The first snow flakes have fallen. Winter has truly arrived. It is all down hill from here, folks. It’s all over.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/10/28/its-all-down-hill-from-here/

#bummer #depression #itsAllDownHillFromHere #itsAllOver #seasonalDepression #Snow #Weather #winter

Goodbye #DST , hello #SeasonalDepression .... 😒