Hello folks, having a bad week and desperate to get some advice.
I am 34 and I first noticed this when i was 19. I get a mini-depression when summer ends and the nights draw in. Yes, I feel sad that the summer has passed, but it's much more than that.
I feel hopeless, desperately lonely, the dark weighs me down and makes me feel trapped and closed in, I cry a lot in the evenings and around dusk, often crying the whole 20 minute drive home. I feel so empty inside and so scared, scared of winter and how I will make it through.
The daft thing is I LIKE seasons, I am not at all anti-winter, but this time (UK now) just leaves me so lifeless and unsettled and I cry all the blinkin' time!!!
I have spent time, on and off over the years, reading about S.A.D. but what I've read never seems to correlate with my own symptoms. I would welcome any advice or suggestions at all because I broke down in front of my son today and I really need to find a way of dealing with this better. Many thanks!