I've noticed over the past four winters that I may struggle with SAD. It might just be the "winter blue" but I suspect it isn't. I've never really looked into Seasonal Depression until recently. I found a decent summary.
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2300/2361.asp?- index=9293
Interestingly, four years ago I started working in offices full time, as opposed to a mixture of school and work. My work places have consistently had very little to no natural light, and very low levels of artificial light.
For some reason I never thought to attribute the way I feel during the winter months to light. My little corner of the planet gets pretty dark in the winter months, pretty early. And the sun doesn't come up when I like to get up either. They say light can make all the difference. I've also removed almost all exercise from my life in the winter, another problem.
This year I think I did pretty well, but last week wasn't good and was set off by an unfortunate event that happened three years ago in my life.
http://caseywest.com/journal/archives/000101.html
The Funk is hard to get out of, but I'm working through it. I'd rather not see a doctor about it, and if I did it'd be a little late this year. I guess I'll have to see how next year goes.
Posted from caseywest.com, comment here.
