I happen to live in a part of the country that has many seasons. We see it all; sunny springs, fabulous falls, super summers and wacky winters! As we all learned in earth science, seasons are a result of the earths revolution around the sun, but I am not hear to talk about science...yawn. What brings me to todays post is the feelings we get at each seasonal change.
If you live where I do you will be very familiar with Seasonal Affective Disorder otherwise known as SAD. Yep you are sad when you have it. It's when the winters are too long and too cloudy....not enough sunlight in your body can be a reason for depression. You can take Vitamin D and you will feel better - its true I can attest to that.
What I am specifically referring to is that feeling you get when it first snows, or when there is a blizzard raging outside, or the leaves start falling on a crisp cool fall day, or when the buds in trees start popping and everything turns green, or sitting with a gin and tonic on your front porch when its 87 degrees out. Think for a minute on those moments in your calendar, if you are lucky enough to have seasonal changes. Summer is my favorite because I love sun and warmth.
My spring and summer feelings have been altered thanks to my adulterous husband. It was just a year ago that my husband moved out because he was afraid he was going to get caught in this affair of his. It was a year ago that I found out about his affair. It was a year ago that I cried all of June and July. I am not having such warm and fuzzy feelings about my upcoming favorite season. In fact, I am having heart palpitations every night and I am very anxous. All cuz of the weather??
My pitty party ended about a month ago and I am trying to move things in a forward direction. Sometimes I go forward sometimes a step or two back but I refuse to let the weather get me down! Perhaps a move to Antartica (it doesn't get warm there does it)? No not for me, in fact after the kids go to college, I forsee a move to the south for me. What happens in the deep south where there are no seasonal changes? Would you still feel a pull of sorts toward a feeling of good or bad? I think not thats why people always say, "no problem" in the south. No rushing just a sense of calm instead of frantic disorder. That is more my speed....
If you live where I do you will be very familiar with Seasonal Affective Disorder otherwise known as SAD. Yep you are sad when you have it. It's when the winters are too long and too cloudy....not enough sunlight in your body can be a reason for depression. You can take Vitamin D and you will feel better - its true I can attest to that.
What I am specifically referring to is that feeling you get when it first snows, or when there is a blizzard raging outside, or the leaves start falling on a crisp cool fall day, or when the buds in trees start popping and everything turns green, or sitting with a gin and tonic on your front porch when its 87 degrees out. Think for a minute on those moments in your calendar, if you are lucky enough to have seasonal changes. Summer is my favorite because I love sun and warmth.
My spring and summer feelings have been altered thanks to my adulterous husband. It was just a year ago that my husband moved out because he was afraid he was going to get caught in this affair of his. It was a year ago that I found out about his affair. It was a year ago that I cried all of June and July. I am not having such warm and fuzzy feelings about my upcoming favorite season. In fact, I am having heart palpitations every night and I am very anxous. All cuz of the weather??
My pitty party ended about a month ago and I am trying to move things in a forward direction. Sometimes I go forward sometimes a step or two back but I refuse to let the weather get me down! Perhaps a move to Antartica (it doesn't get warm there does it)? No not for me, in fact after the kids go to college, I forsee a move to the south for me. What happens in the deep south where there are no seasonal changes? Would you still feel a pull of sorts toward a feeling of good or bad? I think not thats why people always say, "no problem" in the south. No rushing just a sense of calm instead of frantic disorder. That is more my speed....
Down here in the South, if we have 3 consequetive days without the sun we feel depressed. The sun is shining so often that we can not endure a winter. We had one day of snow this past winter in Bluffton, SC and I would bet the prescriptions for Zanex ( I think that is the spelling and drug)where up a thousand fold from the doctors for depression. So, if you do move South you will still experience SAD but less often and for shorter periods of time.
ReplyDeleteand that my friend is why I am moving south!! 6 years and counting!
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