Anyone else having post Holiday depression?

[Lil Missy]

This happens to me every single year.

I've been sleeping to near world records, and losing weight again. I cannot afford to go without fluids that long. I got so sick about 14 months ago with depression and weight loss it resulted in IC for a week in kidney failure. It took me almost a year to recover. I'm not going through THAT again!

I know it always passes. But it's happening again. I sleep marathon hours again lately, and of course I am dehydrated by the time I am able to get up and move around. I was so parched I had 6 glasses of water, juice, milk, when I got up last time.

How are you doing?

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

1. hey take care of yourself,

hopefully, as you say it will pass.

i am depressed for a different reason, I lost my job a couple of weeks ago. "layoff", although I am not so sure the job is coming back.

[Lil Missy]

3. That is a good reason to be depressed.

I hope things work out for you.

:hug: :hi:

[MorningGlow]

2. Is it post holiday depression or seasonal affective disorder?

I know that although I don't get depressed, I do get irritable and impatient in the winter months after the holidays are over. Might be something to look into, because SAD is treatable. :hug:

[Lil Missy]

4. I survive it, either way. And it has been worse.

:hug:

[Lil Missy]

5. I am cooking dinner now. Mom is hungry and getting snarly.

[femmocrat]

6. No, I get pre-holiday depression instead.

I dread the holidays, starting with Halloween. I'm always relieved when they are over.

Hope you feel better soon. Are you sure it is just seasonal depression? Take care! :hug:

[HopeHoops]

7. Nah, that's what brandy is for.

[alarimer]

8. Maybe that's what is wrong with me.

I've had a stupid cold for a month. Just when I think it is gone, it starts again. I hate my job, hate my coworkers. I actually told my boss I was bored with my job. I do think that's my biggest problem with it (other than one gigantic asshole I work with- he is the biggest pain in the ass I have ever met. I defy anyone to find a bigger one). Anyway, I got turned down for the job I had set my heart on. I swear I was practically already picking out apartments I was so confident I had it. So I am REALLY bummed about that. I feel stuck.

I am eating too much crap, even though I feel fat. I know I have gained weight in the last 6 months or so. Not a lot, just enough to make my clothes feel a little tight. Yet I can't seem to drag myself to the gym or to stop stuffing my face with crap. I hate my body so much I can't even look at myself in the mirror. I am not sure that is a seasonal thing. I think I always feel that way.

[femmocrat]

9. Sorry you are going through such a rough time.

:hug: Hope things look up for you soon.

[martymar64]

10. I get depressed this time every year

I sleep way too much and have a tough time getting myself up to go to work. Lately I've hardly been able to do more than just go to work. Also I thought I had a connection with a girl at work, but when I asked her out, she just shined me on. So now I feel worse.

Life really sucks donkey dicks somedays.