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I thought the mods had limited how many threads the OP could start/have running concurrently ...
 
I went to my mom's funeral back in 2011 and I didn't cry. I felt bad, but I realized that everybody handles things differently.
 
Cepak said:
Two blocks, no my friend, we're talking sweating balls at 50 feet. We had a guy move here last month from Palmdale CA. He thought it would be no big deal since he moved from the desert. It is the humidity along with the heat that is killing him.
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I still think that would be better psychologically than winters with barely any sun.
 
Cepak said:
I don't know where you live, but you could move to Texas. We have REALLY long days. On the 21st of June, dawn was 5:51 am (birds are going nuts singing well before then) with full Sun rise at 6:20 am. Dusk was 9:07 pm with Sunset at 8:38 pm. So just over 15 hours of light if you count dawn to dusk. Even on the shortest day of the year, December 21st, we have 11 hours of sunlight. Of course the heat may depress you.
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No way I'd want to move to the states, let alone a place hot like Texas lol. Though the long days would be a nice plus I suppose... but that heat, omg. I think I will stick to the north, but I will just need to create some artificial lighting to compensate for the short days. One thing that's crossed my mind is blue LED strips across the bedroom ceiling and have them slowly turn on over the course of an hour before it's time to wake up. What really messes with your brain is having to get up in the dark, go to work, then get home from work in the dark. It's always dark. Only time you really see daylight here is in the summer months, or on days off in winter if you get up early enough.

Southern Ontario stays pretty warm and has longer days, but... it's southern Ontario. 😛 Too many people. Best to stay where family is anyway.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Rarely, except a few months ago when I got depression. I was crying but didn't know why. Think it was S.A.D. Was messed up. Now that we have long days I'm back to normal but guess I will need to create artificial light in winter to prevent it. Need UVB for vitamin D production and blue/full spectrum for Serotonin production. Going to experiment with that in September when the days are short again. Also working less night shifts. When I'm on nights I tend to naturally stay in that cycle even on my days off, so by the time I wake up it's dark out, for most of the year. I think it just caught up with me and messed me up.

I'm enjoying the sun sets past 10pm for now, but that's very short lived.
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Same here, but I'm not sure if it was SAD. I had a breakdown from job burnout and problems at home, but before that I had issues with anxiety and depression. My doctor put me on an SSRI (Citalopram) and I've been feeling a whole lot better. Little things that used to cause me a huge amount of stress are now manageable - it took a few weeks for it to really start working, but now I can sort of "tune out" those bad thoughts and stresses and just deal with them. I'm still dealing with depression, but I am starting to feel like my old self again.
 
snoopy7548 said:
Same here, but I'm not sure if it was SAD. I had a breakdown from job burnout and problems at home, but before that I had issues with anxiety and depression. My doctor put me on an SSRI (Citalopram) and I've been feeling a whole lot better. Little things that used to cause me a huge amount of stress are now manageable - it took a few weeks for it to really start working, but now I can sort of "tune out" those bad thoughts and stresses and just deal with them. I'm still dealing with depression, but I am starting to feel like my old self again.
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For me I had no stress issues or anything in my life to cause me to break down, so that's why I figure it was SAD. Was on same med, well mine was called escitalopram but it goes under several names so probably same thing. Started with 5mg then 10, then went back down to 5 and then now I'm off. Doctor and pharmacist said I should take it for like 6 months to a year, but I didn't want to take it that long, one of the side effects was constantly sweaty arm pits which was super annoying, and I also did not want to taper off it in middle of winter, I figured it would be best to do it now that it's summer. I think it worked out fine.

During the depression I kept worrying about all sorts of things though, like the idea of growing old and losing all my hair, and getting health issues, and my parents and family passing away, etc... then I started to get anxiety and it was flip flop between that and depression. It got pretty bad.

Oddly enough I think of those things and they don't "trigger" me anymore now, though they are things that I never really considered that deeply before. I kinda try to just not think of it, in case it triggers it again. One of the things my counselor told me is to focus on "now". Don't try to think of the past. Nostalgia etc, and don't think too hard on the future.
 
Red Squirrel said:
No way I'd want to move to the states, let alone a place hot like Texas lol. Though the long days would be a nice plus I suppose... but that heat, omg. I think I will stick to the north, but I will just need to create some artificial lighting to compensate for the short days. One thing that's crossed my mind is blue LED strips across the bedroom ceiling and have them slowly turn on over the course of an hour before it's time to wake up. What really messes with your brain is having to get up in the dark, go to work, then get home from work in the dark. It's always dark. Only time you really see daylight here is in the summer months, or on days off in winter if you get up early enough.

Southern Ontario stays pretty warm and has longer days, but... it's southern Ontario. 😛 Too many people. Best to stay where family is anyway.
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It is only hot 6 months out of the year. The rest of the year is quite pleasant.
 
Occasionally. If I watch certain things I will always weep like a baby; opening to Up!, ending to Up!, the scene where Harry Stamper says goodbye to Grace in Armageddon, the scene between Matt Damon and Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting (“It’s not your fault! :cry:) and the trailer to African Cats to name a few.

: ) Amanda
 
When I read the harrowing stories of the men and women that put their lives on the line defending our country during WWII, I cry.
 
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