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how bad did you have sad lol any chance of trying to explain how you felt in the winter months:confused:..i dont want to know about the change though lol:D if its that bad im moving out before lady imp gets to 34

 

Hi imp

Whoa, that's a difficult question .... it wasn't just the winter ... it could be any drab old day ... like most of them in the UK this summer ..... :eek:

By nature, I am a smiley, happy, people person ... I skip with grocery trollies still and dance around for no reason and still sit on the floor to watch TV .... and I guess the climate around me contributes / detracts from that part of me. I'm still a child at heart and always will be .... silly, I know. :rolleyes:

If I'm stuck indoors because of greyness or rain the 'gloss' goes off of me and I get edgy .... painting these past couple of years has taken that edge off.

I felt sad 'within myself' which makes things even sadder .... and I'm sure that aura went out to other people ..... :(

Mrs imp is still young ... I went through it from age 45-47 ... what a God's gift to woman that was ......

 

I have always been like that. My stepfather called me MeteoSat, even as child :rolleyes:

 

oh lol it seems a really bad thing to have the reason this subject came about is my mates dad has it and sometimes in the winter when he has it really bad he goes and hides for weeks on end , the family have tried but he wont get help, he has converted the loft and has been known to hide for 3 weeks :eek:...at least you had the right idea lol and took to somewhere warm:thumb:

 

I have a light box but not for sticking my head in I carry on growing things in it through winter so I cann't be sad when I see those little seedlings popping through,I think you need something to look forwards to all the time, a lot of people are on a downer now you hear them say "oh it's raining again soon be winter nights are drawing in" no wonder they are sad they paint themselves into a corner,to be alive to feel that rain, to see the nights drawing in, to feel the different temperature in winter it's not for hiding your head in light boxes just needs a change in the way you think.:thumb:

 

A minilightbox, head sized with one of those philip lamps in it and painted palm beach.... :D WOuld do wonders!

Only joking,Walnut. I partly agree with you, actually. There is a physiological component to SAD that is really beyond conscious control, even when you are perfectly aware of what is going on, a bit like like the mood changes connected to menopause or the monthly cycle (sorry for mentioning this gory disasters), but I do believe that there is a ... let's say, "behavioural" component to it, too, meaning that sometimes one starts to get lower and lower, in a vicious circle instead of actively trying to swim upwards. I do agree that gardening is a great healer (for many many ailments), and if one can somehow keep active during the winter months it goes along way to make things better, wether it is about growing things indoor, digging trenches in the dirt or poring over seeds catalogues (with adequate lamps, of course! :D). SOme time ago, I came across an article suggesting that gardening antidepressive effect may be more than just metaphorical. I looked for it, and found it again:
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/raw-data-is-dirt-the-new-prozac
I don't know if it is true or not, but I DO feel better when I am out and about and down to my elbows in muck.
(Walnut the brugs and hibiscus are growing like mad )

 

Ivory said

thats it in a nutshell Ivory some people cannot swim up and end having to use a chemical crutch but i'm a great believer in positive thinking,yes the world has some formidible hurts and harms it can throw at you but I always remember there is always someone worse off than you it puts things into perspective.
Well done with the seeds like you I cann't wait to see the end results something else to add to your positive list.:thumb:

 

Sorry I'm a bit late with this - still catching up.

I believe SAD exists, I don't think everyone thinks it does and that it is just being fed up with the winter. I know, from personal experience, that depression exists. I don't think people that haven't experienced it realise how bad it is. I don't mind the rain at all. I, like everyone else I suspect, hate the continuous grey days. Doing gardening for the last couple of years has helped me no end - I can't even remember how I got into it but I'm so glad I did. My husband, as a partner of someone who suffers with depression, is so glad too. Even though I drive him mad buying pots all the time

I do hope everyone on here gets some help from GC - I know I do. So thank you all & I hope we all keep as cheerful as possible till the new season.

cheers