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Post by JC on Dec 11, 2011 18:12:58 GMT -5
Why does it seem like we all fall apart when winter comes? It's like our health goes to crap and our lives fall apart. It seems like we're all struggling right now.
Winter blues? I don't know what it is!
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Post by Karen on Dec 11, 2011 18:25:41 GMT -5
My therapist swears October is by far her heaviest month in terms of appointments/stress/breakdowns. Blame it on the change of seasons, I guess, but whatever it is, it SUCKS BALLS!
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Post by JC on Dec 11, 2011 18:38:15 GMT -5
My breakdown month is ALWAYS NOVEMBER. I hate November. Sad to say it's the month of my birthday and wedding anniversary and it seems to always be the month my life falls apart.
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Post by omaklackey on Dec 11, 2011 20:36:54 GMT -5
Mine is december, the month we should be the happiest. I don't know if its SAD or my propensity to have to high of expectations for the month, but it gets me every time. By the time febuary rolls around I'm golden... UGH BAH HUMBUG
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Post by JC on Dec 11, 2011 20:45:29 GMT -5
I'm joining your Bah Humbug club. I haven't felt that Christmas spirit for about 5 years, since I moved away from my family
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Post by 1234 on Dec 12, 2011 7:08:34 GMT -5
I don't know about feeling teh Christmas spirit or not, but I know I've dealt with winter much better since getting off the BCP. That really was just an awful combination for me, and I'd been on it for so long I didn't know. But I don't go as far as liking February. That's often the coldest, most miserable biking month. UGH!!! Are you going to CA for the holidays, Jenaya?
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Post by painttheseconds on Dec 12, 2011 7:21:35 GMT -5
I don't know what is is, but things have just started going down hill in the past couple of months. To top off everything else I'm already dealing with I had to take my kitty to the ER vet early this morning because he won't eat. They are going to do an ultrasound. I'm really worried about him. I'm also dealing with some awful anxiety lately. I've had anxiety issues on and off and it seems to have flared up again. I'm contemplating going back on medication for awhile. Honestly I just want this year to be over with.
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Post by hellsbells on Dec 12, 2011 7:55:21 GMT -5
Cold and dark. Nasty. And then I come home to an empty house.
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Post by Heather on Dec 12, 2011 17:07:25 GMT -5
Paint, I'll keep my fingers crossed for your kitty. That is really scary, but I'm glad you took him to the vet before it got worse.
I'm feeling really crappy lately too. I just feel like my life is going nowhere and I'm bored with it. Writing some porn for Sam for Christmas... I wrote for about an hour, now I am blocked, so I have to find something else to alleviate the boredom.
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Post by JC on Dec 12, 2011 17:21:50 GMT -5
Writing some porn for Sam for Christmas...\ HAHAHAHAHAA! OMG that's seriously the most creative gift I have ever heard!! LOL!!! Kristin, no I'm not flying home for Christmas. I'm broke
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Post by Heather on Dec 12, 2011 17:42:03 GMT -5
The one good thing about having no libido--I can actually FINISH the story this time!!
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Post by semicolon on Dec 12, 2011 20:47:47 GMT -5
That is too funny!!
Paint, I've been stressing too even though things are not that bad, I think the weather is a huge factor. I wake up before my alarm and I am wide awake, then fall asleep on the couch by 8:30 at night.
I am trying to keep up with the exercise but it sucks in winter. I had been running (and hiking this summer) in the Vibram five fingers (barefoot shoes) but it is just too dang cold now to wear them and my sneaks feel so wrong. Maybe Santa will bring me some minimals with some thermal socks...
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Post by JC on Dec 13, 2011 7:14:51 GMT -5
Yeah I hate exercising when it's cold too. It's almost painful. The temps dropped drastically here in the last few days. UGH. I want to go back to southern California so badly!
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Post by 1234 on Dec 13, 2011 12:21:52 GMT -5
i love my vibrams, Semi. the endo pain is actually less running in them, because I cushion myself better. I've found several other minimalist running footwear substitute well in teh winter. I actually exercise in the winter to deal with the cold and the darkness and bluckness--it makes it seem friendlier. As long as I keep being myself despite the horridness, it feels more acceptable. I don't know, but it's like if I force myself to go outside in it, I've sort of "won" and made the nastiness my friend. Plus, the light really is so different in winter--I love to be outside running and biking and seeing it. It helps keep me from the blues. Sending some inspirational photos from a bike ride last year, along the C&O canal in MD, including a sexy shot of me with plastic bags in my feet to keep them dry:
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Post by 1234 on Dec 13, 2011 12:30:23 GMT -5
I just realized I"m raining on the winter blues parade. Sorry, yall.
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