Winter Melancholy - over?

[Jaga]

You know guys, I felt so bad for the last two weeks. It is almost as like the Spring was going never to come. But for the last two days the weather is much better. It is very sunny and finally.... over freezing here in Idaho. The snow is melting in the fast pace. It does affect me positively. We also need to get out of the house finally!

I guess, I would not be able to live beyond the Polar circle because it would put me to too much stress in the winter time.

Is the winter going away in your place finally?

[rdywenur]

No Jaga it seems to have just arrived in fact. We are supposed to get some nasty weather and right now it is dark and gloomy compared to yesterday which felt like Spring. Good weather for curling up on the sofa with a good book or a movie.

WEATHERBUG predictions for the weekend :

Today
Mostly cloudy and windy with a brief snow shower or two developing. Little or no accumulation. Highs 40 to 45...then turning colder with temperatures falling to near 30 late. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph...becoming northwest and increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph.


Tonight
Scattered snow showers in the evening...then snow showers likely after midnight. Additional snow accumulation of an inch or two. Windy with lows mainly in the teens. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph diminishing to 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.


Sunday
Partly to mostly cloudy and cold with scattered snow showers. Windy with temperatures struggling to 20. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.


Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows around 10. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph...becoming southwest and diminishing to 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.


[glow=yellow,2,300]where is the sunshine[/glow]

[bescheid]

Weather has little effect upon me as to lack of Sun Shine. Perhaps it is because I am just dense to start with. Anne becomes very depressed with the constant rain and gloom.

It would so seem that here in the Pacific North West, winter has returned with cold and some snow in the higher elevations. The dangerious conditions with our area (besides other drivers) is black ice in the mornings.

Charles

[suzanne]

Winter is not over here by any means. We can get snow around here as late as early to mid April. But I can't complain this winter, because it has really been mild, compared to what we usually get. I'm happy it's March next week, though.

[Jaga]

Chris,

I remember my mother always kept a light on in the kitchen and this was a strong bulb. I understand her now better than ever before.

I hope you would have the spring soon! Keep lights on, keep warm - it would come!

[kaima]

SAD syndrome, Seasonal Adjustment Disorder is a real problem, not an imaginary one as some porpose. Animals react to the changing seasons with changes in mood, metabolism and behaviour and human beings are just the same. Most people find they eat and sleep slightly more in winter and dislike the dark mornings and short days. For some, however, symptoms are severe enough to disrupt their lives and to cause considerable distress. These people are suffering from SAD.

I took most of the above directly from
www.outsidein.co.uk/sadinfo.htm

which has a lot more to say about the topic. We have a lot of it in Alaska, as you can imagine. There are special "SAD Lights" that are sold and are effective at treating the symptoms. It is also possible to buy "full spectrum lights" and replace lights in your house or office so you get a dose of healthy light during the winter without taking time to sit in front of a specila lamp.

So your mother was onto the cure when she applied the strong light, Jaga. WIth luck she had a light with a broader spectrum than most commercial bulbs.

Kai

[rdywenur]

Kai...I have a full spectrum light that I bought for reading. ( I got mine, floor lamp, from QVC ) Maybe I should sit under it when at home. No problem with staying toasty warm as my apartment is not cold. (lucky me) My feather bed is actually too warm to use but threw it on this winter as it is great for sleeping under. Nice and cozy.

[rdywenur]

Perhaps it is because I am just dense to start with

Charles...you are too funny ;D

[Jaga]

kaima said:

SAD syndrome, Seasonal Adjustment Disorder is a real problem, not an imaginary one as some porpose. Animals react to the changing seasons with changes in mood, metabolism and behaviour and human beings are just the same. Most people find they eat and sleep slightly more in winter and dislike the dark mornings and short days. For some, however, symptoms are severe enough to disrupt their lives and to cause considerable distress. These people are suffering from SAD.

I took most of the above directly from
www.outsidein.co.uk/sadinfo.htm

which has a lot more to say about the topic. We have a lot of it in Alaska, as you can imagine. There are special "SAD Lights" that are sold and are effective at treating the symptoms. It is also possible to buy "full spectrum lights" and replace lights in your house or office so you get a dose of healthy light during the winter without taking time to sit in front of a specila lamp.

So your mother was onto the cure when she applied the strong light, Jaga. WIth luck she had a light with a broader spectrum than most commercial bulbs.

Kai

Kai,

this is interesting what you are saying about these special lights. I also remember you saying that you do not like any change in the seasons.

Sure, I believe you, we tend to sleep more in the winter. I experienced it also, although now I feel like I am more sleep-deprived, so I definitively not oversleep.

In early Spring and also late Fall people are also more prone to some mental diseases. Also some winds cause people to lose their mental stability (like so called halny wind in Zakopane)

so, we depend on weather

[Jaga]

Charles, Susanne,

I hope we all will be better. Even the priest in the chucrh today ( a visiting priest from CHicago) mentioned... something was different in Idaho than in Chicago - he realized immediately - here in Idaho is the same cold and snowy as in Chicago but we got here plenty of Sunshine - at least for the last couple of days, it helps!

I hope all of you could come here and visit us sunshine-gilled Idaho!

[bescheid]

Jaga

You are so lucky! Here at this time at 15:35, it is cloudy with misty rain and at 46F (7C). I think we should all escape to Florida and defect there. Well, at least until spring. I wonder if it is raining in Jim's neck of woods in Calf.?

Charles

[kaima]

Jaga, first thing for you is some homework. You must look up the two words depraved and deprived, then reread your third message, and perhaps edit it. On the change of seasons, I simply hate to see the snow go in the spring, and I hate to see summer end, no more, no less. I know of no one else who has this tendency.

Now if someone writes and tells us they have "happy lights" in the local Polish bbar, then we know they spend too much time there!

Kai

[Jaga]

Kai,

thanks, it was a funny error, but very confusing. By the way, can you buy some good Pilzner in Alaska? Check my message in "food and drink" folder.

[justjohn]

Here in New Hampshire we call it 'a case of cabin fever.'

Hard to get over but it can be done.

head directly to your favorite pub and

get the vodka bottle with the sunshine logo on it and

proceed to medicate your symptons.

[varsovian]

Life is miserable in my Warsaw commuter suburb - snow cover since Christmas. I didn't want to get out of bed this morning. I can't wait for the gardening season!