I don't think I have Seasonal Affective Disorder but I do get quite depressed about getting up in the mornings and it being dark..... (maybe this is the classes I have in a morning? Hmmm. Possible.)
I also do find it quite depressing looking out of the window into the dark and the time on the clock only says 7pm.
it is depressing when it's dark when i leave for work and dark as soon as i get home, especially when the sky at lunchtime is the colour of sheet-metal. more to the point christmas depresses me - adverts for it started at the end of october this year, boothstown high street has decorated itself with four [count 'em] street-light stars, i have to spend money on relatives i don't like, things cost too much and i don't like mince pies! it's not the event that gets to me, it's the scandalous conmmercialism of what's supposed to be a religious festival. bahumbug
Yeah, Christmas time is somewhat of an anti-climax for me now, although I'm assured that it becomes exciting again once you have kids of your own. Long way off yet for me, then.
I don't like the overly dark mornings and early dusk. It's only natural, but it's a cycle we've got to live with, but we have gone some way to subverting it with electric lighting etc.
Christmas is still exciting for me. I like that time of year a lot! You get to go visiting and have lots of nice times with people. Not only that but New Year is just round the corner! :D
yeah, i like new year, a chance to look back at the previous twelve months realise you've done nothing of any importance and hit the vodka bottle hard.
I like new year because you can get together with friends and have a really good laugh. Not only that but there is the promise of good things in the new year! :D Weird aint it!
I can empathise with Fez and Mike here: I can get melancholy due to the seasonal darkness and cold, and it's a busy time for the Samaritans as well, as it throws any unhappiness into stark contrast with everyone celebrating and being all happy. Having said that, I get to see family and friends, some of whom I don't see for ages, what with having a really dispersed family and all that.
Fez wrote:yeah, i like new year, a chance to look back at the previous twelve months realise you've done nothing of any importance and hit the vodka bottle hard.
Sounds like you've got this years new years resolutions all sorted out there, Fez.
maybe i should start doing the things on the 'things to do before you die' thread. right then santa, remember that bike i didn't get when i was twelve? come 'ere you git...
the commercialism of christmas annoys me and so does christmas shopping - especially for relatives i hardly know who live 250 miles away - but i must admit that put on the fireplace, having the christmas lights on and snuggling up next to a loved one on the settee is a very nice and romantic way of spending an evening.
I also like this time because they sell Scotch Bun cake in the Edinburgh Woollen Mill - fantastic with a bit of cheese and a double of whisky :D
