Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Hi you! 🥰 Today I have spent some time together with my mum outside in this beautiful weather that we have gotten now for a couple of days 😁 I feel almost like a bear who is awakening from its long slumber.

During the darker times of the year, my energy gets very low and I’m often fighting against anxiety and depression during these times. It doesn’t matter how positive my mindset is during the autumn and how excited I’m to decorate both my garden and inside our house and make it warm and cozy. Or the shift in the air when another smell is taking place outside and the air gets so fresh and ”crispy”? And don’t forget about all the beautiful colors that nature creates! All of this and much more, and still my anxiety is knocking me on my shoulder to let it be heard once again. So it’s easy for me to say that the winter is quite hard for me.

I’m often getting much more isolated and rarely want to meet people because I feel like my level of energy isn’t enough in comparison to many of my friends and the last thing I want is for them to feel low too when being around me…my biggest wish is that people feel good around me!

But now when everything is coming slowly back to life again I am too slowly coming back to life in a way. And for that, I am truly thankful! ❤

This isn’t a rare thing, to have all these feelings. It’s more common than you probably know and for you who recognize yourself in all this maybe. It doesn’t even have to be during the darker seasons of the year but instead, you maybe get these feelings during spring. If so that’s normal too. But remember if you feel like it’s getting out of your hands, talk to those around you. And dare to reach out to your friends and family and don’t let these feelings control you like it has for me. We need to talk more about these things in life. I’m still learning myself. But do remember; you are strong and not alone! ❤💪