Winter Blues
This Winter has hit me harder than any previous year. Previous to this college year I had spent the past year and a half abroad, so when I came back to reality I knew it would take me a lot of mental effort to get through the Winter season. Summer is when I blossom, when I feel like myself the most, my most comfortable. It’s always such a harsh contrast coming from Summer to what it feels like going straight into Winter (with Ireland's weather anyways). This Winter has been so hard, and I know that a lot of it has been done to my attitude towards it. As I said I knew this Winter was going to be harder compared to others, but I think expecting that actually made my mood worse. In general this year I’ve felt my energy disappear completely. It’s been so hard to find any sort of motivation in terms of being productive and getting up and out of the house. I really hate this aspect of seasonal depression, because I don’t want people to think I’m lazy. Sometimes it feels physica