SAD, anyone?

[Cheeseybacon]

Anyone here get SAD?... also know as Seasonal Affective Disorder. Basically it's a fancy-pants term for the the winter blues. It occurs in some people due to a lack of sufficient sunlight during the winter seasons. Fall has only just begun and I'm already beginning to feel it. Is anyone else depressed by how short the days have become? I left for work at 6:45 AM this morning and it was still dark. It's about 7:30 PM right now as I type this and it's already dark again and it's only going to get worse. Pretty soon all of my shooting will be limited to weekends only because it will be dark by the time I get home from work and get to the range.

Man, I miss summer sooo bad. Anyone else in the same boat?

[dnar]

I usually experience a form of melancholy sometime during the Autumn months which goes away fairly quickly, and then I'm back to being my joyful and extremely happy old self again.


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[Lycanthrope]

Get yourself some full spectrum light bulbs and the problem's solved......

LycanlightboxesworkforSADthrope

[Pa. Patriot]

Hunting season. Happiest time of the year.

Anyone depressed in autumn needs more hobbies

[jsb889]

Hunting season. Happiest time of the year.

Anyone depressed in autumn needs more hobbies

Not a hunter

I get it a little bit, I never really paid much mind to it. I know I get really bouncy during spring.

Man, you'd be a shitty vampire

[Cheeseybacon]

I know I get really bouncy during spring.

Yep, that's pretty much the same deal with me. When the first nice spring day of the year comes along, I suddenly become a live wire. It's like clockwork.

[NineseveN]

Not me, this is my favorite time of the year (fall/winter), I'm grumpy in the summer.

[Cheeseybacon]

Not me, this is my favorite time of the year (fall/winter), I'm grumpy in the summer.

Well then you have it lucky, because the season of summer seems to only last 2-3 weeks total, whereas winter lasts more like 5-7 years before spring rolls around it seems.

[Turbinesaint]

Normally, I can't wait for winter, I'm an avid snowboarder who is a recent transplant from the Lake Tahoe area. However, with all the shitty ski areas (I refuse to call them "resorts" or "mountains") and flat hills, this winter could be a dire one at best. Good thing there is a place to shoot indoors.

[PA Rifleman]

...Is anyone else depressed by how short the days have become? ... Anyone else in the same boat?

It bothered me most when sleeping in the snow and trying to keep ice out of my rifle & gear. If I can sleep indoors in a warm bed I'm fine.