Do you have winter depression? (temp, day, Canada, freezing)
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So what was your tally this Dec-Feb? We had 81 hours, which was the third lowest since 1961, but some locations in Central Finland amassed an amazing 35 hours, making it the gloomiest winter ever!
In 82 days from December 1st until late February, Tallinn recorded 49 hours and inland locations like Viljandi as low as 35 hours as well. December alone was below ten hours in most places. Winter is normally very cloudy here but that's just ridiculous. March is now really making up for it though.
I wouldn't call it depression but I definitely notice that I'm in a different mood during fall/winter compared to spring/summer. Fortunately, NYC has some mild days and quite a few bright sunny days during the cold half of the year. If I lived somewhere with truly cold, dark and gloomy winters, I probably would be quite depressed.
No, I just dislike the cold. That sure doesn't make me a depressed person. Need to be a quite unstable person to get depressed from the weather.
That is a quite an uneducated and insensitive view my friend. Many people that suffer from seasonal affective disorder are highly functioning, "stable" individuals that just happen to become depressed during the winter months due to shorter daylight hours.
I would educate yourself a little on the topic before you unleash your uninformed and myopic viewpoints.
I don't get depressed in the winter time. Besides talking on the Weather forum, I don't pay much attention to the weather in real life except for the obvious do I need one or two layers of coats or not
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Originally Posted by SnowboundwithCabinFever
Nope just need to take more Vitamin D...I am mighty tired of winter though!
Get 6500K CFL bulbs running at least 20 watts. They'd probably help out plenty in winter
I wouldn't say I'm actively depressed during winter, but when the warmth and light of spring/summer starts to roll around again I find myself having a level of energy and passion that I simply don't have during the cold, dark days of winter.
I don't get depressed in the winter time. Besides talking on the Weather forum, I don't pay much attention to the weather in real life except for the obvious do I need one or two layers of coats or not
Get 6500K CFL bulbs running at least 20 watts. They'd probably help out plenty in winter
I've got the light set now but haven't plugged it in. I kept thinking surely my prairie sun would make itself known (these continually wet/overcast winters are such a surprise to me).
damn right I do, the permanent winter overcast, dark, cold mornings, incessant drizzle.. .all hell. If we actually got 2-3 crisp clear sunny mornings and days in winter I wouldn't care, but we may get 2-3 during a whole month. FAIL WHALE
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I kept thinking surely my prairie sun would make itself known (these continually wet/overcast winters are such a surprise to me). 
