There seems to be a lot of it about.

[baratron]

I have a theory that just about everyone I know seems to be depressed at the moment, and I think it's because it's got to the point in the year where it's been winter for so long that it's like it's never going to end, and we all feel like crap due to lack of daylight. However, I realise that it is not winter for everyone in the world, and that some people are probably enjoying some lovely sunshine right now (the lucky sods!).

So here is a totally unscientific livejournal poll on the topic. I wish it was possible to write livejournal polls that link together the answers from multiple questions and correlate the answers automatically. Oh well. Question 2 is deliberately vague because I set about writing time intervals like "2-3 days ago" and "4-7 days ago" before realising that I couldn't remember the answer to it that precisely myself, so it was probably pointless expecting anyone else to.

[Poll #1331853]

Oh yes, and if you do happen to feel just great at the moment, then please comment below to say why, because the rest of us need cheering up.

Comments

[redbird]

I do have a medically recognized depressive disorder, but it's being treated adequately: I have meds, I have endorphins from exercise, and at the moment I have sunshine, so I'm feeling okay despite the cold. (Tomorrow may be another matter, with wind chills predicted around -15 and actual temperatures probably around -10. And a chunk of my "how to deal with winter" stuff is calibrated to Montreal, where my people live half a block from the bus stop and the posted schedules are reliable.