Anybody still feeling wierd?

I have 'lurked' throughout most of the last winter, visiting the forum, before actually signing up yesterday... I had noticed a steady decline in the number of new posts since around March, presumeably down to the mini heatwave of continuous sunshine we had until last weekend.

However, like you, I am still feeling out of sorts for the past week. At first I wondered if I was coming down with a bug, then feeling drained from a change of role within work just before starting this week of annual leave, but now I wonder if part of it is down to my lightbox needing new bulbs.

Currently, I'm in the viewpoint of something needs to change for the better this year, as regards my lifestyle. Since the late 90s, when my S.A.D. troubles began, I have become a recluse (due to not wanting to be social and feeling stressed by the hecticness of shopping centres). The only thing that regularly got me outdoors was initially volunteering and then the job inside that charity.

Exercise of any type, especially outdoors, is well known to help depression sufferers. Thinking back to when I was combining volunteering with afternoon gym sessions, I swear that is the best I've felt over the last few years, as these sessions stopped with the start of working for the first time in nearly five years (I come home from work most days feeling completely drained).

I treated my self to a new bike recently, in order to be outdoors for an hour a day during the working week at least, commuting between home and work. Hopefully I will start riding at the weekends aswell soon, or failing that, jumping on my turbo trainer (turns regular bike into an exercise bike) in the back garden!


Lets hope we both feel more lively soon!

Hey ^^ (this is actually my first post on the forum, yays)

I'm not sure if I actually have SAD, but from my experiences this winter it would make sense if I do. This week was odd for me (this week was actually when I noticed 0.o).

On monday and teusday it was bright and sunny (like spring should be) and for no apparent reason at all I was all chipper and energetic and happy ^^. Then the rest of the week went back to being dark and damp and... icky. My happy, chipper feeling didn't exactally survive this >.>.

So, I think that it doesn't matter that its spring, if its still all gloomy and cloudy were you live the season change won't do much for you... I think.

But I hope you feel better soon! The sun is shining today where I live (its not warm, just sunny), and I hope the sunshine reaches you soon to^^.