January 8, 2009

  • I suffer from SAD, Seasonal Affected Disorder.

    Its probably a combination of the winter, but also working nights.  That makes my winter daylight exposure about 2 hours a day, and I feel it.

    In the summer, I hardly notice that I work nights, I get up and enjoy a full day.  But now, despite living in California, I can barely see the sun for 2 hours.  It kinda sucks, and it makes me moody, and anxious, and just more irritated.  Of course, if I did not work nights, I'd have to wake up early in the morning, and that makes me upset too, hmm I'm just complaining in general, which is par for the course. Anyhow....

    I try to get out and move around, exercise and look for sunshine when I can. But really, it will be the spring when I snap back to my best mood. Its January, so at least now the daylight is coming back, slowly now, but it will pick up in the coming weeks.  Just have to hold on till then, and know its just me, I'm just crazier for a month or so more.