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May. 9th, 2022 09:31 amWe are having an unusually cold spring this year, which I'm not complaining about. I vastly prefer cooler weather and I like rain.
This has given me the opportunity to try to figure out what triggers my summer seasonal depression, which usually starts in May and has, indeed, started. I had assumed it was increasing temperatures, or possibly sunny weather. However, since weren't not having those and I am still depressed, I'm forced to conclude that the trigger is simply the days lengthening.
Unfortunately, the obvious treatment this implies - blackout curtains on all the windows in my house and no natural light before 8 or after 5 - isn't feasible, since I live with other people who like summer.
This has given me the opportunity to try to figure out what triggers my summer seasonal depression, which usually starts in May and has, indeed, started. I had assumed it was increasing temperatures, or possibly sunny weather. However, since weren't not having those and I am still depressed, I'm forced to conclude that the trigger is simply the days lengthening.
Unfortunately, the obvious treatment this implies - blackout curtains on all the windows in my house and no natural light before 8 or after 5 - isn't feasible, since I live with other people who like summer.
