• teft@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I used to have seasonal depression. Then I moved to a tropical country on the equator.

    Now I just have regular depression.

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      8 hours ago

      Hey dont worry, a few times a year you get to look at clouds coming in, the wind pick up alarmingly and get to experience “Am I going to have a house in 3 hours?” Anxiety.

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        I don’t get what you’re saying. We have strong thunderstorms but nothing on the order of hurricanes or cyclones. The city I live in is called the city of eternal spring because the weather is always spring like. Sunny and mild.

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      9 hours ago

      Don’t worry, in a couple of years it’s going to become a Tropical Depression. Way better, you’re still happy even when everything around you is falling apart.

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        16 hours ago

        Seasonal depression comes from the lack of light in winter at higher latitudes. My days are 12 hours of sun (+- 30 minutes) every day all year round.

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    16 hours ago

    I’m the opposite. I fuckin love going for a walk in the chilly, crisp air when it’s cold out. Also less people and it’s quieter.

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      15 hours ago

      I like the rain. Stay inside, open a window or a door. Watch and listen to the rain. Or go out in a covered area like a porch.

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    18 hours ago

    Saturday was really warm here, like “t-shirt and jeans weather” warm.

    I was in the middle of walking between buildings when the clouds broke.

    I immediately turned toward the sun and for one, shining moment, I channeled the spirit of Solaire of Astoria. For a brief moment, I was so grossly incandescent.

    I decided “fuck this I’m going home and practicing archery.” so I stood out in the sun for an hour and a half until the sun dipped below the trees.

    I really need to get one of those full spectrum light panels that helps with seasonal affective disorder, or like a vitamin d lamp or something. It doesn’t help that my current residence has no windows, so all light is artificial and to get any sun I have to actually go outside.

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        16 hours ago

        Windows are expensive and developers want to maximize profit, so spec-built homes often have the minimum amount of fenestration required by the building code.

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        18 hours ago

        I would like that, the structure would not.

        For now all I have is a dragon tree that needs extra attention I need advice on, and an aloe plant.

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      This was me this past Tuesday. Full arms out, tee and shorts, soaking up every last drop of warmth like a starved plant.

      Hopefully it’ll sustain me until proper spring but it was glorious for that moment.

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        Maybe I’m just a pessimist these days but all I could think about the whole time was, it’s 72F in fucking February, I might legitimately die working out here when June or July roll around. Summer is going to be real bad here.

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    I’ve personally never felt down because there being less light. Summer there’s too much and winter there’s too little, but I’m lucky that it doesn’t affect me much.

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        Well, I keep my vitamin D levels high for actual MD reasons, and I guess I’ve been enjoying the winter weather.

        Good vitD levels don’t get rid of other types of being fucked up, unfortunately.

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        12 hours ago

        I don’t usually do those. I have multivitamins always at home but I just never remember to take them. Too forgetful in the mornings.

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          I rely on them in the winter. I used to get really miserable from around November onwards but now I take one daily and I’m only moderately miserable

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    18 hours ago

    Finally the fucking winter is over. I was so irritated. No one believes me.