SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
Ξ September 24th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Family Fun |
Seasonal Affective Disorder…
You may ask what the heck is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Well, in common terms it is what is sometimes referred to as the “winter blues”, an emotionally distressed time of turmoil, and lethargic lack of motivation during the cooler months of the year. Blamed on light changes, less daylight hours, and increased inactivity – it is the accused culprit of winter depression, weight gain, non-productivity and an increased state of melancholy temperament.
I do not suffer from SAD (cute little acronym huh?) – In fact I honestly believe I am with HAHA’D, Hot And Humid Affective Disorder, which is apparently not a recorded medical condition such as Seasonal Affective Disorder. I Looooooove the Autumn and Winter. Days like today make me open all the windows and the breezes flowing through the house wash over me like a wave of nostalgia cleaning the cobwebs from my soul.
I feel invigorated as the days mellow into a subtle gray, I can see just fine – what are you SAD people bitching about? Ooooh I see, you would rather have that blinding, accident causing, skin cancer developing, concrete melting, gotta have on sunshades to check the mail so you look like an albino raccoon, blazing sun? – get over it.!
Being outside is awesome! Slip into a soft comfortable sweater that I have had for years, and breathe in the brisk cool air into my lungs, this feels especially delightful when sucking on a nice buttery hard peppermint… But you SAD people are whining and feeling blue because you would rather endure the suffocating blast of oven air that makes your lungs seize up as if they can no longer pull oxygen from the atmosphere because it has been cooked away in the sweltering, life sucking heat that instantly drains your body of so much moisture that you can drink water all day long and never have to go pee, until about 4 in the morning when your body has finally recovered itself enough to have excess fluid..
I just don’t get… Maybe I suffer from TOOSAD, Totally Opposite On Seasonal Affective Disorder….. Because if anything I find a sense of freedom in the winter and Autumn and cooler Spring seasons…. And a confining, sufferable, miserable burden of bearing through the torture of summer months, where the only time it is tolerable to be outside, is after 10 or 11 pm until dawn, and sometimes in the sweltering midst of June, July and August, not even at night is it pleasant to be out exploring the natural world.
Summer sucks, as far as I am concerned it hold me captive in the comforts of artificially cooled climates and limits my abilities and freedom arrives with Autumn as the warden with a key to the outside world to indulge me in a lengthy reprieve. I am ecstatic!!!! Couple this seasonal change with the fact that my health is recovering in leaps and bounds, my home and my family has been so greatly blessed by God – and I have so much to be grateful for, to be thankful for…
We have such busy times coming up now, Kat’s Sweet 16 to prepare for, before that though this weekend coming I can’t wait to drag out the Halloween decorations, As soon as we get back into town from her trip – we have Halloween the next weekend, and the GA FL game and then after that I can’t wait for Thanksgiving dinner with my family, and once that is done to then pull out the Christmas stuff and go to town with that. It just goes on and on and on, where does anyone have time to selfishly sit around and pout about the season when you can be out enjoying the breezes, the flavors, the kindness, the softened light and climate. Plunder the woods, camp out and share laughter around a campfire, get back to basics and stop focusing on yourself and turn your attention to others – it is so much more rewarding!!!
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