[Seasonal Affective Disorder] It's started...

[wispfox]

Oh, indeed, the crappy time of year stuff has begun.

I know because I was cranky all day and didn't _notice_ until a co-worker commented that I was certainly acting like it was Monday.

And, well, it _is_ Monday, but that doesn't usually have a huge affect on my actions.

Snappy, oh yes. Low energy, check. Tired all day? Yep.

Gonna start using my lamp after I post this. And start being less generally social and work on getting more regular touch. And stuff. And be more aware of my internal state, since I need to have a _much_ better awareness than normal.

(Note: started != constant, yet. I will continue to have ups and downs, and probably will continue to forget that I have them during the up periods, because I forget every year, until Jan and Feb. Then, I'll have mostly downs but will _accept_ that fact. And then the ups and downs will reverse from mid March until May, when I should be mostly normal again)

*sigh*

Now I go sit in front of my light and read. And try to sleep earlier than I had been all weekend, since I can't imagine that was helping.

Comments

[yulecat.livejournal.com]

Heh - as I sit here by my full spectrum light, thinking to myself that as soon as I catch up on e-mail and friends' posts I'm going to make a post of my own about how I've noticed my winter blahs start to kick in over the past few days. Great minds think alike. ;)

Hang in there. And if we do end up at the same place at the same time at some point, you can have all the cuddlehuggletouchythingies you want from me. :)

[harlequinaide.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. You'll make it, hon.

I'm still riding high off my weekend, so the dark didn't bother me, but it was 6 and dark by the time I got out of work. *hugs*