Yeah, I think we can tell you’ve never been depressed…
Comment on I'm ready for spooky
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’ve never really got the whole winter gives depression thing. Yea theres less sunlight, but its not like i enjoyed every single minute of sunlight in summer. You can snowshoe or ski through the woods instead of hike. You can fish in a hut instead of off a boat. You can go weeeee down a big hill then realize your cardio sucks walking back up. Learn to dress adequately and for the most part the cold isn’t that big a deal. Sometime i do end up working through all the daylight hours but my job is often outside so i still catch some sun while on the clock.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I have been, then i do my best to stop the behaviors that are putting me there and start doing the stuff that alleviates it. I haven’t been clinically depressed or had it majorly derail my life but I’ve had some rough stretches.
halferect@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sounds like you’ve never had depression, good for you
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Depression is a chemical dysbalance in your brain. If you were able to just go start doing stuff to alleviate it, it probably wasn’t depression.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Yea theres less sunlight
there are many people living in places where there literally isn’t sunlight in the winter, the sky just get vaguely bright enough to qualify as daytime for like 6 hours
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Yeah, you go to work or school and it’s dark out. You go home and it’s dark out. Home office and work at unconventional hours is the only real way to see any natural light.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
it makes daylight savings time even stupider, because it would make sense if we weren’t cowards and actually moved the clock around by like 4 hours so at least one working shift got to reliably see the sun
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Not all of us live in a place that actually gets snow when it gets cold. So you stay indoors cause you have fuck else to do, and the lack of sunshine just makes the seasonal depression that much spicier. Yeah you can bundle up, but like, if there’s nothing to do then why bother going out?
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If theres no snow you can still go on regular walks or hikes. If the water isn’t frozen you can paddle and fish it. You can ride a bike down a big hill instead of sledding it. Theres still plenty to do snow or no snow.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Yea but it’s cold and dark, do you really want to?