Winter..

sporina

I am sleeping so much more, have less energy, preferring to stay at home than to go out..
Does Winter have this effect on anyone else?

I feel that this is premature.. I am only in my 30's.. feel much older.. grr

Birneybau

Donald Trump voice "SAD"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder

But yeah, I go into hibernation mode.

DontThankMe

Na I love this time of the year get my Christmas bonus at this time of the year which helps pay for a few more pints down the pub and a few extra flutters in the bookies.

super_furry

DontThankMe wrote: »

Na I love this time of the year get my Christmas bonus at this time of the year which helps pay for a few more pints down the pub and a few extra flutters in the bookies.

Plus there's always something good on Sky Sports to watch on the big flat-screen TV, and it's great to be able to wander around town taking pictures of the lights on your fancy smart-phone camera.

Noveight

Winter's a loada shíte.

Roll on another long, hot summer like 2018 was.

Zorya

sporina wrote: »

I am sleeping so much more, have less energy, preferring to stay at home than to go out..
Does Winter have this effect on anyone else?

I feel that this is premature.. I am only in my 30's.. feel much older.. grr

It's natural. Cycles. If you stayed expanded, extraverted and active all year round you would burn out and get older faster! Just have a nice rest. Go with the flow. What's wrong with sleeping more for a while and stretching out on the couch these evenings when it gets dark so early? Be like a bear.

sporina

Zorya wrote: »

It's natural. Cycles. If you stayed expanded, extraverted and active all year round you would burn out and get older faster! Just have a nice rest. Go with the flow. What's wrong with sleeping more for a while and stretching out on the couch these evenings when it gets dark so early? Be like a bear.

yeah i know but i just feel so lazy - and its v frustrating!! and I think it is affecting me more than the general population ekk

but i am enjoying catching up on all the movies on my "to watch" list

Greyfox

Winter is garbage compared to summer, the only good thing is catching up with gaming and tv boxsets

Zorya

sporina wrote: »

yeah i know but i just feel so lazy - and its v frustrating!! and I think it is affecting me more than the general population ekk

but i am enjoying catching up on all the movies on my "to watch" list

Yeah, I don't know, I'm a fan of moderate laziness. If you are worried you could get a health check, might be hormones, there can be a bit of a weird mid 30s stint (feck it when are hormones never not weird). Just for me if I don't know what is going on with me I put a time span on it, depending on severity. So say like for winter tiredness - if it worried me, which it doesn't - I might mark a date on calendar 4 to 6 weeks ahead and if I still feel crap I'd go for a check. The trick is once you set the date you totally relax into the way things are and don't worry and almost always it sorts itself out.

Of course some will say that is an irresponsible suggestion, so follow your own instincts.

AndyBoBandy

The best thing about winter is not being woken up at 5am by the fcuking sun beaming in your window!!

Wakey Wakey Mutha-Fcuker!! Rise and Mutha-Flucking Shine!!

Agricola

I like the contrast of daylight hours between summer and winter. It's lovely to be able to do some work outside of a summer's evening, go places til 9/10pm as it's still bright. After a few months of that, the hibernation of winter has it's benefits too. On a horrible cold damp evening, you can't beat a hot stove, feet up and being snug in out of the elements.

If I could change it, I'd just make the winter a bit shorter. It gets a bit tedious by late February.

Martina1991

sporina wrote:

I am sleeping so much more, have less energy, preferring to stay at home than to go out.. Does Winter have this effect on anyone else?

Maybe try Vitamin D supplements? They're good for fatigue and feeling run down.

The majority of Irish people are deficient as it is, never mind in the dark winter months.

thegreengoblin

sporina wrote: »

I am sleeping so much more, have less energy, preferring to stay at home than to go out..
Does Winter have this effect on anyone else?

I feel that this is premature.. I am only in my 30's.. feel much older.. grr

I'm sure lots of people feel the same way, it's entirely reasonable that you'd feel like that. Do you do any regular exercise? It really does help in dealing with that sluggish feeling we get.

One thing which I find can be of help is realising that from December 21st the evenings start to get brighter. I know we hardly even notice it for quite a while but I will definitely feel more positive waking up on Saturday morning!

snotboogie

Zorya wrote: »

It's natural. Cycles. If you stayed expanded, extraverted and active all year round you would burn out and get older faster! Just have a nice rest. Go with the flow. What's wrong with sleeping more for a while and stretching out on the couch these evenings when it gets dark so early? Be like a bear.

Doesn’t really work like that. There is an element of use it or lose it with your body. Inactivity accelerates aging

Graces7

Severe SAD here as part of CFS/ME. Sleeping up to 19 hours a day. Longing for day after tomorrow as the tide will turn slowly after the shortest day.

Zorya

snotboogie wrote: »

Doesn’t really work like that. There is an element of use it or lose it with your body. Inactivity accelerates aging

For sure. I'm not saying turn into a sloth. Have a walk or a dance every day, express your wiggles even in winter. Inactivity makes for fat creaky older people. Though let's be honest, life in general makes for unavoidable aging and increases in creaks... if we are lucky :pac:

But from observation over many years, a lack of good sleep and adequate chilling out makes for very old-looking, creaky and cranky older people.

sporina

Graces7 wrote: »

Severe SAD here as part of CFS/ME. Sleeping up to 19 hours a day. Longing for day after tomorrow as the tide will turn slowly after the shortest day.

have you been diagnosed with ME/CFS? I thought that the med profession didn't recognise it?
I defo have SAD!!! Its like I am two people - one in summer and another in winter. I was off yday and stayed in bed about 15 hrs.. ekk... twas lush... but paid the price for it last night - tossed and turned all night - only slept about 4 hrs i'd say grr - feel so irritable now..

BeerWolf

Eat a lot of fibre, plug up your bowels and go hibernate (like a bear) till Summer ("Spring" sucks too).

Graces7

sporina wrote: »

have you been diagnosed with ME/CFS? I thought that the med profession didn't recognise it?
I defo have SAD!!! Its like I am two people - one in summer and another in winter. I was off yday and stayed in bed about 15 hrs.. ekk... twas lush... but paid the price for it last night - tossed and turned all night - only slept about 4 hrs i'd say grr - feel so irritable now..

Indeed yes. By a top consultant, thankfully..many years ago... GPs are a different matter . :rolleyes:

have a look at a forum called Phoenix Rising...

Fiftyfilthy

How can people be sleeping 15-19 hours a day?

Graces7

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

How can people be sleeping 15-19 hours a day?

well, sleep is sleep is sleep. With SAD it overcomes you.

Hey tomorrow is the shortest day..... eureka,,

Fiftyfilthy

Graces7 wrote: »

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

How can people be sleeping 15-19 hours a day?

well, sleep is sleep is sleep. With SAD it overcomes you.

Hey tomorrow is the shortest day..... eureka,,

But does sad only effect unemployed people?

I might have sad as I feel very tired in the mornings during the winter but I have to just get on with it and go to work .......

Graces7

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

But does sad only effect unemployed people?

I might have sad as I feel very tired in the mornings during the winter but I have to just get on with it and go to work .......

No S.A.D hits anyone. Many get help with Light Boxes .. it is far far more than just "feeling very tired, " It is incapacitating, extreme, and carries other symptoms with it

google it? I have to get sleep now... Thank you

Fiftyfilthy

I’ll have a google on the subject after I’ve finished working.

Sounds like an excuse to not work , one of many people have up their sleeves these days

topper75

Me too OP.

Absolutely normal though so no worries.

Expecting the pedal to be down on the floor for 12 months of the year = not normal.

You are in tune with the seasons and that is good. Embrace the sleepiness.

I have an unpopular opinion that Christmas is a bit messed up. At least the timing of it for us N. hemisphere folk. Big stress on people at in inappropriate time seasonally-speaking. Would be better to gently push through the stiller darker time of the year and encourage rest. Then have a big festival some time in Feb to usher in the brighter longer days.

Harry Palmr

Winter is rubbish but Irish winter weather is the killer. I NEED THE SUN.

sporina

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

But does sad only effect unemployed people?

I might have sad as I feel very tired in the mornings during the winter but I have to just get on with it and go to work .......

OMG what a ridiculous Q to ask

nacho libre

I love winter. Hopefully January 2019 will deliver some white gold courtesy of our Siberian friend.

VeryTerry

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

I have to just get on with it and go to work .......

It doesn't sound like you're very happy about it. Maybe that's why you're feeling down.

Graces7

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

I’ll have a google on the subject after I’ve finished working.

Sounds like an excuse to not work , one of many people have up their sleeves these days

If you think that then you do not have S.A.D :eek:

Fiftyfilthy

My point is it’s only the lazy who turn a mild ailment in to something chronic that “prevents” them from working

We all know the type , the same people who suffer from Lyme disease too

Fiftyfilthy

VeryTerry wrote: »

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

I have to just get on with it and go to work .......

It doesn't sound like you're very happy about it. Maybe that's why you're feeling down.

I’m happy enough, just get annoyed at the amount of lazy people in this country .

stampydmonkey

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

My point is it’s only the lazy who turn a mild ailment in to something chronic that “prevents” them from working

We all know the type , the same people who suffer from Lyme disease too

Bravo capt. trollington

Graces7

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

My point is it’s only the lazy who turn a mild ailment in to something chronic that “prevents” them from working

We all know the type , the same people who suffer from Lyme disease too

YYYYAWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNN

blackbox

Winter is a pain. If you can afford it, break up the winter by going to the Canaries for a week at Christmas.

ShadyAcres

I love winter. Im an adventure sports enthusiast who depends on the weather. The weather what everyone else hates is the weather I love.

Fiftyfilthy

stampydmonkey wrote: »

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

My point is it’s only the lazy who turn a mild ailment in to something chronic that “prevents” them from working

We all know the type , the same people who suffer from Lyme disease too

Bravo capt. trollington

Wasn’t trolling, I’m sorry if the truth hurts

Will leave you hypercondriacs to recover in peace

arybvtcw0eolkf

sporina wrote: »

I am sleeping so much more, have less energy, preferring to stay at home than to go out..
Does Winter have this effect on anyone else?

I feel that this is premature.. I am only in my 30's.. feel much older.. grr

Winter doesn't effect my moods too much, but I hate this time of year.

I run & cycle 12 months of the year plus I ride a motorbike so the winter months aren't much fun for me.

Although I do enjoy trail running in winter, the ground is nice and soft underfoot and I like getting mucky but I much prefer summer.

valoren