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who here actually enjoys/finds solace
#14466921 - 05/17/11 08:45 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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in bleak, gray, rainy days like this one, as opposed to a clearly breezy spring-like day?
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14466928 - 05/17/11 08:48 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I like grey rainy days as long as it's warm enough. Cold and windy weather makes me
I like the rain, it's nice and refreshing on the fizog.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14466987 - 05/17/11 09:04 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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It's nice where I am. :P
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: scienceguy]
#14466996 - 05/17/11 09:07 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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scienceguy said: It's nice where I am. :P
my ass (and I'm sure everyone in a 5 mile radius) just got woken up at 7:30AM by the LOUDEST fucking thunderbolt I've ever heard in my life, sounded like Zeus dropkicking Thor
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
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its always gray and rainy here....I've gotten used to it. I hate it though
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Anthony917]
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It's so rarely rainy here that when it is I usually find it very comforting and relaxing, while at the same time stimulating to my creative side.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: scienceguy]
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I like nicer days... its just bleak grey and rainy here the last couple days where Im at. wanted to jog
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: grimR]
#14467069 - 05/17/11 09:34 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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i like it..
i also prefer extremely cold weather too though
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: awakendone]
#14467190 - 05/17/11 10:16 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I enjoy the occasional rainy/gray day. makes for great movie watching/thinking/writing/reading weather.
When i lived in Seattle those gray days stacked up deep in the winter and it became depressing as fuck. Eventually had to leave the Pacific Northwest and one of the mains reasons was the shitty ass winters.
Virtually no direct sunlight for nearly 6 or 7 months straight, no thanks.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Anthony917]
#14467201 - 05/17/11 10:19 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Anthony917 said: its always gray and rainy here....I've gotten used to it. I hate it though
i didn't even notice it till now but Anthony has a photo of the Puget Sound with Seattle on the shoreline. Dude knows exactly what i'm talking about.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: gerryjarcia]
#14467339 - 05/17/11 10:52 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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gerryjarcia said: I enjoy the occasional rainy/gray day. makes for great movie watching/thinking/writing/reading weather.
When i lived in Seattle those gray days stacked up deep in the winter and it became depressing as fuck. Eventually had to leave the Pacific Northwest and one of the mains reasons was the shitty ass winters.
Virtually no direct sunlight for nearly 6 or 7 months straight, no thanks.
lol, it sucks, I've always wanted to check out the northwest because from what I hear it seems to have lot's of cool towns - portland, olympia, seattle, all with lot's of forward thinking individuals crowding around and cool music scenes, etc. I hear portland has really rad green policies and lot's of parks. But for someone like me with seasonal depression...
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: helix]
#14467577 - 05/17/11 11:58 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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aronf13 said:
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gerryjarcia said: I enjoy the occasional rainy/gray day. makes for great movie watching/thinking/writing/reading weather.
When i lived in Seattle those gray days stacked up deep in the winter and it became depressing as fuck. Eventually had to leave the Pacific Northwest and one of the mains reasons was the shitty ass winters.
Virtually no direct sunlight for nearly 6 or 7 months straight, no thanks.
lol, it sucks, I've always wanted to check out the northwest because from what I hear it seems to have lot's of cool towns - portland, olympia, seattle, all with lot's of forward thinking individuals crowding around and cool music scenes, etc. I hear portland has really rad green policies and lot's of parks. But for someone like me with seasonal depression... 
yes, it's true. The pacific northwest has many epic towns with tons of creative/forward thinking humans. That's been the one thing i've missed the most since moving.
Leaving the pacific northwest for the southeast is about the craziest cultural experience you can have in the lower 48. leaving a place that values and celebrates intelligence and diversity for a place that prides itself in how little has changed since the civil war is sad and scary indeed.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: gerryjarcia]
#14467649 - 05/17/11 12:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cold, cloudy days kill my inspiration and generally make me feel like a slug. Living in Indiana, over half of my year blows. Cannot wait for our summer to start in earnest,because it is gorgeous here once it arrives.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14467827 - 05/17/11 12:59 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sunset_mission said:
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scienceguy said: It's nice where I am. :P
my ass (and I'm sure everyone in a 5 mile radius) just got woken up at 7:30AM by the LOUDEST fucking thunderbolt I've ever heard in my life, sounded like Zeus dropkicking Thor
heard it!
i looooove thunderstorms and raining/cloudy days when i don't have anything terribly important to do. yesterday and today are serving as my weekend and so i've just been CHILLING around my apartment drinking tea and watching stuff on the computer. perfect days to do so!
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Mr. Gal]
#14467836 - 05/17/11 01:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Sunshine gives me the happies. I hate the winter because its always dark.
But I hate summer because its always hot. And hate spring cuz it rains a lot.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: The Todd]
#14468035 - 05/17/11 01:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I love florida rain, on a hot day when a storm runs through, its so refreshing and livens up the environment.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Muufokfok]
#14468187 - 05/17/11 02:26 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Like someone above said, living in the PNW leaves you in a dark dreary winter, bereft of sunshine for months pretty much.
For this fact, and having lived here for so long, I've come to basically worship the summer as a benevolent god.
If you actually like dreary days of grayness and rain, the PNW should be paradise for half the year.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
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i will sit encrusted in celestial frost as the thousand year winter passes over my half-merged, semi-elemental vessel, only faintly occupied by just a sliver of consciousness preserved by the perpetual freeze, a consciousness now one with the cold cold plane...
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14468264 - 05/17/11 02:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sunset_mission said: in bleak, gray, rainy days like this one, as opposed to a clearly breezy spring-like day?
One of my better memories is of a hike up a large-ish hill while it was lightly drizzling, not too cold, I loved it, I love all rainy days.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: ninja cat 09]
#14468862 - 05/17/11 04:56 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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had to watch that garbage video a couple times today... something sexy about girls that have sumwat depressing yet dark sides... I love grunge music. depressing music can be the best sometimes
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: gerryjarcia]
#14469280 - 05/17/11 06:27 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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gerryjarcia said: Leaving the pacific northwest for the southeast is about the craziest cultural experience you can have in the lower 48. leaving a place that values and celebrates intelligence and diversity for a place that prides itself in how little has changed since the civil war is sad and scary indeed.
I knew I wasn't crazy.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: awakendone]
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14469790 - 05/17/11 08:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I love getting stoned on a rainy day. I find it beautiful to sit out side some place dry and watch the rain pour down. 
Very good song, rainy day dream away =) http://youtu.be/iVqJl-FOYIA
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14469804 - 05/17/11 08:19 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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days like today are great for cuddling up with someone and watching movies, which is thankfully what i did. but still part of me was wishing it was sunny outside.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: gerryjarcia]
#14469837 - 05/17/11 08:27 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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gerryjarcia said:
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Anthony917 said: its always gray and rainy here....I've gotten used to it. I hate it though
i didn't even notice it till now but Anthony has a photo of the Puget Sound with Seattle on the shoreline. Dude knows exactly what i'm talking about.
duuuuude!! you feel my pain 
it's FINALLY getting nice around here though...we're supposed to have like 4 sunny days in a row!! I hate it...but honestly there is no place more beautiful during the summer than Seattle.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Anthony917]
#14469848 - 05/17/11 08:28 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I like rainy days because I get off work.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: ShiVersblood]
#14469907 - 05/17/11 08:37 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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ShiVersblood said: I like rainy days because I get off work.
i work outdoors so i get off work/sent home early if it rains as well. it sucks though because i'm not getting hours like i need to, and if they DO decide to keep me im standing in the rain for hours
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It was pouring rain when i was tripping on mescalin, molly ,shrooms and ketamine rolling around barefoot in the mud.
The woods turned into the jungle, I had the thousand yard stare, shit was intense.
Everytime it pours rain and the smell is fresh in the air I'm reminded of the experience.
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claraclairvoyant said:
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ShiVersblood said: I like rainy days because I get off work.
i work outdoors so i get off work/sent home early if it rains as well. it sucks though because i'm not getting hours like i need to, and if they DO decide to keep me im standing in the rain for hours 
try working construction in seattle...it rains on you pretty much every day except during june/july/august & part of september....
talk about being miserable
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14470242 - 05/17/11 09:47 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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i absolutely love the rain. its so refreshing. i feel reborn after a nice cold soak.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14470261 - 05/17/11 09:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sunset_mission said: in bleak, gray, rainy days like this one, as opposed to a clearly breezy spring-like day?
I do. I love rainy days.. as long as they don't last for a few days
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14470263 - 05/17/11 09:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sunset_mission said: in bleak, gray, rainy days like this one, as opposed to a clearly breezy spring-like day?
I'd love to agree with you but I'm afraid I have only lived through part of one Seattle winter and that I'd probably have to eat crow in a couple of years.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Kid_Orgo]
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sunset_mission said: in bleak, gray, rainy days like this one, as opposed to a clearly breezy spring-like day?
I'd love to agree with you but I'm afraid I have only lived through part of one Seattle winter and that I'd probably have to eat crow in a couple of years.
your loc: says seattle...you don't live here anymore? It is a truly dreadful place 8 months out of the year
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Anthony917]
#14470287 - 05/17/11 09:56 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I live there, but I only got here in February.
Laughed my ass off at "winter" being 45degF and drizzly (rather than in the single digits and snowing out the ass)
As it is right now, I couldn't possibly care less if it's misting and gray.
I might change my tune in a couple of years, is what I'm afraid of.
I think it being cold and gray all the time might take on a different meaning when you live through the whole winter.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Kid_Orgo]
#14470299 - 05/17/11 09:57 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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oh yea our winters are definitely mild compared to a lot of other places...but when you don't see the sun for months at a time it gets a little depressing.
you have much to learn
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Anthony917]
#14470488 - 05/17/11 10:28 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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theres good reason Seattle has such a heroin problem 
theres a whole Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) dedicated to weather up there
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: grimR]
#14470511 - 05/17/11 10:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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grimR said: theres good reason Seattle has such a heroin problem 
theres a whole Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) dedicated to weather up there
well I'm pretty sure I have that disorder because as soon as the sun comes out my mood increases dramatically. seattle (the PNW in general) is also a big meth area
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Anthony917]
#14470631 - 05/17/11 10:46 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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this was a pretty interesting read:
"Exposure to bright light is a second possible approach to increasing serotonin without drugs. Bright light is, of course, a standard treatment for seasonal depression, but a few studies also suggest that it is an effective treatment for nonseasonal depression38 and also reduces depressed mood in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder39 and in pregnant women suffering from depression.40 The evidence relating these effects to serotonin is indirect. In human postmortem brain, serotonin levels are higher in those who died in summer than in those who died in winter.41 A similar conclusion came from a study on healthy volunteers, in which serotonin synthesis was assessed by measurements of the serotonin metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in the venous outflow from the brain.42 There was also a positive correlation between serotonin synthesis and the hours of sunlight on the day the measurements were made, independent of season. In rats, serotonin is highest during the light part of the light–dark cycle, and this state is driven by the photic cycle rather than the circadian rhythm.43,44 The existence of a retinoraphe tract may help explain why, in experimental animals, neuronal firing rates, c-fos expression and the serotonin content in the raphe nuclei are responsive to retinal light exposure.44–48 In humans, there is certainly an interaction between bright light and the serotonin system. The mood-lowering effect of acute tryptophan depletion in healthy women is completely blocked by carrying out the study in bright light (3000 lux) instead of dim light.49
Relatively few generations ago, most of the world population was involved in agriculture and was outdoors for much of the day. This would have resulted in high levels of bright light exposure even in winter. Even on a cloudy day, the light outside can be greater than 1000 lux, a level never normally achieved indoors. In a recent study carried out at around latitude 45° N, daily exposure to light greater than 1000 lux averaged about 30 minutes in winter and only about 90 minutes in summer50 among people working at least 30 hours weekly; weekends were included. In this group, summer bright light exposure was probably considerably less than the winter exposure of our agricultural ancestors. We may be living in a bright light–deprived society. A large literature that is beyond the scope of this editorial exists on the beneficial effect of bright light exposure in healthy individuals. Lamps designed for the treatment of seasonal affective disorder, which provide more lux than is ever achieved by normal indoor lighting, are readily available, although incorporating their use into a daily routine may be a challenge for some. However, other strategies, both personal and institutional, exist. “Light cafes” pioneered in Scandinavia have come to the United Kingdom,51 and an Austrian village that receives no sunshine in the winter because of its surrounding mountains is building a series of giant mirrors to reflect sunlight into the valley.52 Better use of daylight in buildings is an issue that architects are increasingly aware of. Working indoors does not have to be associated with suboptimal exposure to bright light."
I really want to get one of those day lights specifically for SAD because i live in a room that has no windows, but they're sooo expensive
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Anthony917]
#14470662 - 05/17/11 10:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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grimR said: theres good reason Seattle has such a heroin problem 
theres a whole Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) dedicated to weather up there
well I'm pretty sure I have that disorder because as soon as the sun comes out my mood increases dramatically. seattle (the PNW in general) is also a big meth area
It's also a commonly accepted stereotype that northern europreans (scandinavian, germanic) are typically more morbid and southern europeans are way more happy and sunny, speculated to be because of the weather differences
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: Anthony917]
#14471888 - 05/18/11 06:16 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Anthony917 said: its always gray and rainy here....I've gotten used to it. I hate it though
i didn't even notice it till now but Anthony has a photo of the Puget Sound with Seattle on the shoreline. Dude knows exactly what i'm talking about.
duuuuude!! you feel my pain 
it's FINALLY getting nice around here though...we're supposed to have like 4 sunny days in a row!! I hate it...but honestly there is no place more beautiful during the summer than Seattle.
seriously. summers in the PNW are mind blowing i've lived in three PNW cities (Seattle, Bellingham and Vancouver) and all have the most epic summers. But even 5 summers of bliss couldn't outweigh the five winters of shit.
i noticed folks in the PNW drink a lot to cope with the blues (which is an obvious oxymoron seeing as how alcohol is a depressant).
do you take vitamin D supplements? i started taking them while living there and it helped improve my mood a good bit.
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sunset_mission]
#14471899 - 05/18/11 06:24 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sunset_mission said: in bleak, gray, rainy days like this one, as opposed to a clearly breezy spring-like day?
Me. If I wake up, and it's grey out (especially with clouds, like today)...God it makes me really, really happy. I hate sunshine. It's okay sometimes but it really does depress me. Rolling grey clouds and storms are so much cooler, relax me, and I love being able to drive without the glare of the sun. Today I was so happy when I looked outside but there were still gaps where the sun was poking through the clouds most of the day so *meh*...
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Re: who here actually enjoys/finds solace [Re: sandi]
#14471903 - 05/18/11 06:29 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ah.. North-west europe
In november this year we got about 7 hours of sunlight 7 hours the low air pressure is really nice tough. but it makes me depressed as fuck
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