support group in manchester

Welcome Isobel, there is a pretty good support network on here. Perhaps its not the same as someone "real" but I guess us Saddies are not well suited to participating in support groups over the winter!

Stick around here for a while and hopefully you'll find that this helps.

thanks for all your support guys. i see that there is good support here. i try if at all possible to get out as much as possible even if i have to force myself. i go bonkers not having anyone to talk to. people think i am strange as i am not outgoing and as you can imange it gets worse in the winter to the extent i find it hard to string words together. i have lost so many friends over the years due to this winter depression. sometimes i feel like giving up but then snap back and fight back

I have sat my friends down and explained to them as best possible that they may not hear from me as much as they would because I am so negative. Sometimes when my friends call I ask my partner to tell them I am asleep or out if I really don't feel like talking, or I will tell them myself that I am having a bad day and am really sorry, I will call them back. I have also armed them with a list of how I will be feeling in the winter and how my personality may change so that they understand a bit better. I did this for my family as well so that they don't make so many demands on me during this time. It really does help aliviate any awkwardness when dealing with the demands of friends and family and helps them to understand that it isn't their fault in any way that you are being distant from them.

Hello

I wonder if there are any SAD sufferers who would be willing to come and do an interview in Manchester about the sypmptoms of SAD and to make people aware before the Winter descends upon us.