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Hopalong:
Happens every August and I'm always slow to recognize it...

I am depressed.
Not crashed into a well or impossibly depressed, but...depressed.
I want to do nothing but sleep and binge on carbohydrates.
I feel unmotivated. Flattened. I can see my own affect going flat.
A what's-the-point kind of sadness.

Ugh.
I know that if it goes as it usually does, by later in the fall it will
pass. It's just weird. I don't like it that my brain has its own agenda.

I've been thinking of getting a new SAD light (gave one away, lost
another in the move) but I cannot, simply can't, find clear reassurance
online that there's no risk of eye damage.

That WOULD be depressing.

xo
Hops

Twoapenny:
((((((((((((((((((((((((Hopsie)))))))))))))))))))))))))))

That sounds horrible.  I didn't know those light boxes can cause eye damage; if I find anything useful or reassuring when I'm on my travels on the internet I will post it up for you.  Hope this passes soon.  I think slipping into hibernation mode is normal but that doesn't make it feel nice or like a good thing to happen.  Hope you feel better soon xx

BonesMS:
I also live with Seasonal Affective Disorder.  NOT fun at all!!!

Meh:
Yah, saw some red leaves the other day, couldn't believe it. This was the most unbearable waste of summer I've ever had that is what depresses me the most.

There is always Florida for those who can afford it I guess.

You could probably wear some sun glasses and sunblock if you were really worried about the impact of the light therapy. ?? It's not like a tanning booth exactly.

Sorry you are in a Fall funk.

sKePTiKal:
Hey Hops...

I notice a little of that, too. But I wonder if it if isn't natural... a sort of shift of states along with the season... and perhaps even serves some "soul refreshment" purpose? Like a catnap?

I always worry that those people who are always busy, happy, and chirpy every single day like some manic canary have some serious screws loose, somewhere. Either that, or a main IV line drip of coffee to keep going... or really, really good meds.

Fall is my favorite season. I absolutely love being able to see the change, day to day. And pretend I "hear" a leaf falling (down here, it's more like a hard pine cone bouncing off a roof!)... it's a nice change from the raucous, happy-chaos activity of summer; more peaceful... with an undercurrent of change, too - to crisper evenings, the hint of snow... when I like to have some yummy-smelling casserole or roast in the oven, a good book and a warm cuddly lap cat... or maybe a long movie with glorious scenery and cinemaphotography... like Doctor Zhivago -- an epic, with an intermission and a real story in it, not just a formula to use up X amount of time.

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