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Does anyone else get a seasonal boom around this time? (hexbear.net)

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My sincerest sympathies to anyone who gets seasonal depression...but I don't get it. I actually loves the winter season. I love dressing in layers and going for morning dog walk breathing in the cold air. Doing a run in the cold with the air slicing through my lungs is the best. Slow cooker meals and soups. Staying indoors under thick covers with warm coffee and tea. Holiday decorations and movies/my music. God I love this time of year and I swear my mental health improves a whole grade level.

Anyone else on this site feel the same???

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

No offense to you personally, but I feel like some people are oblivious and don't understand that the holiday season is built on the backs of overworked people. I don't even work retail anymore, but I see their pain.

Me personally:

I can't have a dog because I don't want to force it to live in my small apartment
I hate being cold all the time
I don't like that it gets dark so early
I don't have the luxury of staying indoors, I have to go out in it every day
Everyone's in a hurry with short fuses and terrible driving
When I worked retail you were subjected to holiday music all day, every day and it got very old

I'm genuinely not trying to project these onto you or reduce your seasonal joy, just giving my perspective...