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seasonal depression creeping in fast... again
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Well... the winter is here and I'm starting to feel the seasonal depression creeping in on me again.  :drool2:

I have a feeling this one will be a rough one. I've had a pretty stressful year, doing a lot of psychedelic medicine therapy  :mushroom2:, moved to a small town that is a nothing but haven during the summer months, but feels like a morgue during the rest of the year. The nights are getting shorter and colder as each day passes by and my feelings of dread are getting deeper and deeper.

Meditation and regular exercise keeps the edge off, but as author and explorer Alvah Simon realized after being stuck alone through the long and dark artic winter, it's all in vain;

"I have tried so hard to adjust to the darkness and solitude. I even triumphed momentarily, but in the end it was futile. Light and laughter are the core fuels of the human spirit."

Yes they are Alvah, yes they are.

Anyway, I'm fucked but I'm ready. I've armed myself with handpicked St. John's Wort, a natural anti-depressive herb and L-Tryptophan, an amino acid and serotonin precursor. I decided to wait a bit longer, until the going gets really rough (should be soon) and then I'll dose on what I have and put the euro-dance music on until the spring returns again.  :sun:

I wonder how they survived it in the old days.


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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: redtailedhawk]
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You might want to try swapping your light bulbs out with full-spectrum bulbs.  If they work for plants, why not human beans?  :wink:

I have found this VERY helpful when I've had to deal with SAD during more-grey-than-usual winters.  If you can only afford one full-spectrum bulb, be sure to put it in your reading light or near a work area.  You need to be exposed to that light for at least an hour a day.

Icelander also recommends taking supplemental Vitamin D, which our bodies usually produce in reaction to exposure to sunlight.

:heart:

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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: redtailedhawk]
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I wonder how they survived it in the old days.


Maybe they didn't bitch and worry as much as you do?  :wink:

Seriously, how can you become depressed with the changing of seasons?  You know it's coming...every year. 

Personally, I love winter.  Everything about it.  The cold outside, coming inside to warmth.  Seeing people I don't get to see all year or even years, who are around for the holidays. 

Stop taking everything so seriously and be happy to be alive and not in Iraq or somewhere like it.  There's plenty of shit to be thankful for.  Find them out.


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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
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Life is a gift, regardless of your belief system. I know I've been in the gutter before.. and winter certainly doesn't help (don't get me wrong, I love a really white winter. It is the shitty, slushy, wet, peice of crap winters that piss me off), but depression is almost never justifiable (save for mourning).

Hmm.. on the news right now there is a segment on Laughter Yoga. Try laughing! "Laugher is the best medince!"

Feel better man! :smile:


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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: WScott]
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Im getting depressed too brother. Life is seeming very empty at this point, even the things I used to enjoy arent very pleasing. Life is sucking anyways, so im just going to start working all the time, like 60 hours a week. Then Ill get a distraction from this fucked up life that mine has evolved into. I feel bad as it is, have nothing to do, I might as well work if im not with the person who means everything to me.


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God says dance with your heart
And shake free of you desire

Where theres a will theres always a way
When you get confused listen to the music play


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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: CerebralFlower]
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Seasonal depression hits me hard this time of year. As long as no events occur to escalate it though, I think I can handle it with just being depressed and lonely the entire season and wondering why things are so dark and down.


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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
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Penguarky Tunguin said:
Stop taking everything so seriously and be happy to be alive and not in Iraq or somewhere like it. There's plenty of shit to be thankful for. Find them out.


What he said. You have the power to make this time of year something that you very much enjoy. If you live in a snowy area take up skiing or something else fun(hell even sledding will brighten up any gloomy day) and don't rely solely on your supplemental cheicals to stave off the depression.

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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: Twister]
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shit my mom had the same thing when we lived in Alaska. just go get some full spectrum bulbs.

another alternative is to got to the tanning bed every week or so.


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And if you are going to waste peoples time with your stupid questions, at least try to have grammar skills higher then that of a 7th grader.

READ DAMNIT! [/quote]

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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: Twister]
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Veritas said:
You might want to try swapping your light bulbs out with full-spectrum bulbs.  If they work for plants, why not human beans?  :wink: Icelander also recommends taking supplemental Vitamin D, which our bodies usually produce in reaction to exposure to sunlight.


Hey Veritas! Thanks for the suggestion. I think I'll buy myself a full-spectrum bulb or two. Vitamin D too. I'll let you know how it goes.

Penguarky Tunguin said:
Seriously, how can you become depressed with the changing of seasons?  You know it's coming...every year.


I'm a summer person and I enjoy spending as much time outside during that time of the year as I possibly can. I do extremely well in hot and moist weather and extremely bad in cold and dry one. Typical Vata in Ayurveda medicine. I understand some people enjoy the winter, but I don't.

Penguarky Tunguin said:
Stop taking everything so seriously and be happy to be alive and not in Iraq or somewhere like it.  There's plenty of shit to be thankful for.  Find them out.


I'm thankful for a lot of things. I just feel down during this time of the year. I'm not making a drama out of it. I just want to share how I feel.


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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: redtailedhawk]
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It's cool man, just trying to help you a bit.  I think harsh love is the best love and I love you man.  :laugh:


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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
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I feel blue too... I moved to this new city two months ago... it rains and rains and rains... it is always grey and the sun never ever comes out. I haven't been outside my house since Friday.

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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
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Penguarky Tunguin said:
It's cool man, just trying to help you a bit.  I think harsh love is the best love and I love you man.  :laugh:


It's cool man. I love you too.  :wink:


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"Who are you who live in all these many forms? You're death that captures all. You too are the source of all that's gonna be born. You're glory, mercy, peace, truth. You give calm a spirit, understanding, courage, the contented heart."

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Re: seasonal depression creeping in fast... again [Re: Rambel]
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Rambel said:
I feel blue too... I moved to this new city two months ago... it rains and rains and rains... it is always grey and the sun never ever comes out. I haven't been outside my house since Friday.


I don't have any good advice for you, but know that you’re not alone and that things will get better. If not sooner in spring.  :heart:


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"Who are you who live in all these many forms? You're death that captures all. You too are the source of all that's gonna be born. You're glory, mercy, peace, truth. You give calm a spirit, understanding, courage, the contented heart."

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