Depression

[skyhuck]

Do you suffer in the winter through lack of sun?

 

 

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Round here its not just through the winter

 

Sorry just trying to lighten the mood

 

My mother and brother both suffer to differing degreases with SAD (seasonal affected disorder) my mum used to use a very bright light, that opened like book, she put it on the kitchen surface in a morning, she found it helped.

[Nikk]

I found I suffer from low moods swings it's lack of sun in January and February, on a lighter note I've tried at night watching comedy films and drinking coco , don't laugh! It all helps, breathing routine if I get the niggles also helps.been more productive in my shooting which is my hobby . I need a change in career.

 

 

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[Mortimer Firewood]

I found I suffer from low moods swings it's lack of sun in January and February, on a lighter note I've tried at night watching comedy films and drinking coco , don't laugh! It all helps, breathing routine if I get the niggles also helps.been more productive in my shooting which is my hobby . I need a change in career.

 

 

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Look at red light therapy and salt lamps or if your vain get a sunbed

[Nikk]

Sod the sun bed I always burn myself

 

 

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[Mortimer Firewood]

I'm just vain go to sleep under my Mrs

[georgeburgess]

Try reading the Chimp Paradox book. Guy Martin talks about it a lot too in his books. It's all about keeping the chimp content!

 

I get a bit too mate, hope you find a way to kerb it. I kerb it by riding my motorbike, going to work with fun people and rearranging tools in my garage

[Khriss]

@Big J  too common - and why I left Scotland , possibly try regular breaks , a friend just shoots off fr mini breaks all the time ( she is a teacher in a gang area of London ) just to change her mindset . K

[Andrew McEwan]

Are you able to head into East Devon,Dorset J? big difference I've found from Dartmoor and surrounding mud levels 

[Dbikeguy]

Mental health is a growing issue, sadly it’s the way we lead lives and for the younger folks ( i’m 35 but about 50 in my head i’m told!) social media maybe not knowingly but it affects a lot of people.
We just lost my dad to covid and i know if i stop working/moving for long it affect me badly mentally. I discovered a long time ago i need to make myself suffer through exercise to keep any demons at bay. For some a walk with a dog is enough, for others and quite a few of my friends proper hard effort is needed and regular to keep things in check. I think it’s why crossfit etc are booming, the human body is a balance, we become more sedentary (not most on here i understand) we lack that ancestral fight for your life, fight to provide food and nutrition that we are made for.
hard exercise releases the same mental feeling as that.

[Rough Hewn]

Northern Dartmoor is piss wet all year.
Southern Devon, or eastern or western are lovely.
Just avoid Dartmoor and exmoor.
I grew up there.
Still got wet socks....
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