Why do I feel down for no reason?

[GrumpyTwig]

PSBuckshot said:

Hate to use the term depressed because I feel that is more serious however I can't be the only one who feels like this though, nothing has really happened to make me feel this way. Just feel down and out.
I have a comfortable life but just bleh.

Because your existant is a futile attempt to merely prolong the human race in an ever repeating cycle until such time as it destroys itself completely.





OR you need a hobby

[strudel]

It might also be something to do with eating far too much at christmas and your blood sugar levels etc being out of whack.

Just another idea

[Vieste]

True ^

[Eric Mc]

Wattsie said:

PH can be a good resource of things you weren't going to bother to bring up, but get to read about because someone else brought it up.

This is one of those occasions

Edit: Wrong smiley, I meant

That's an example of another type of SAD - Seasonaly Acquired Alzheimer Disorder.

[anonymous-user]

Wattsie said:

PH can be a good resource of things you weren't going to bother to bring up, but get to read about because someone else brought it up.

This is one of those occasions

Edit: Wrong smiley, I meant

Not a car only forum anymore, more of a life forum so I wanted to see how other people feel as well.
I just went for a coffee, was nice to just sit there and get away from work for 30mins.

[Legend83]

I feel truly down for the first time in my life.

Mainly due to my family getting the norovirus on Boxing Day so pretty much the whole festive period was wiped out.

Noone wanted to see us (understandably), all family get togethers were cancelled, we had two fed up toddlers stuck in doors who we had to entertain while feeling like we wanted to die, and we had to cancel our special meal out to Clos Maggiore on Sat that I had had booked for 3 months.

All we have to look forward to now is going back to work and teething toddlers.

Need to get back on the horse somehow.

[anonymous-user]

Legend83 said:

I feel truly down for the first time in my life.

Mainly due to my family getting the norovirus on Boxing Day so pretty much the whole festive period was wiped out.

Noone wanted to see us (understandably), all family get togethers were cancelled, we had two fed up toddlers stuck in doors who we had to entertain while feeling like we wanted to die, and we had to cancel our special meal out to Clos Maggiore on Sat that I had had booked for 3 months.

All we have to look forward to now is going back to work and teething toddlers.

Need to get back on the horse somehow.

Well at least you have a reason, I think I just fall under the SAD area..

[Hoofy]

It's the post-Christmas blues, usually. Plus the lack of cheery weather. If nothing bad's happened to you then just accept it and it will pass.

Edit: Oh, I see, you were all ill. Well, fair enough! Why not arrange a post-Christmas family party?

[bitchstewie]

I just put it down to the time of year at this time of year. There is a degree of pressure from the media to have such an exciting wonderful Christmas when in reality it's gloomy and pretty st outside, many places are closed, and lots of us are cooped up with relatively little to do for what is almost 2 weeks of enforced holiday.

Whilst I'm enjoying the time off, in a way I am quite looking forward to getting back to work simply so my brain is active and I have more to think about than what to have for lunch.

[anonymous-user]

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[NiceCupOfTea]

Also feeling this at the moment. Working 7days a week for months with added stress of baby born in October and norovirus just before Christmas. So behind on everything yet have not got anything done over the break and don't feel rested. Got a fun car sat outside waiting to go and the sun is shining but looking after daughter and going to inlaws for lunch. Back to work tomorrow.

[sawman]

I think I have been suffering with this a bit recently - spending all day in artificial light and travelling to and from work in the dark. Being up in the north east it is more noticeable than down south - I used to live in suffolk!

I didn't get this at all when living in Canada - although its colder and the winter is long - the residential part of Canada sits a lot further south than the UK - so the days are longer and for the most part bight and sunny.

I am surprised nobody has mentioned it yet, but surely the OP needs to get an MX5 and drive with the roof down all the time

[0000]

A little down, temporarily, or a lot down for a while?

Might be worth seeing a doctor. I barely got off the sofa outside of working hours (and during some working hours) and eventually found out I was low in B12 (and folate, but that doesn't seem to affect my mood) - perhaps worth noting that my doctor didn't figure this out, I had to explicitly ask for a B12 test after another family member worked out they were low in it.

I get an injection every couple of months now which brings me up to normal levels of lethargy. I'm sure there's a stack of possible solid reasons for feeling down that you can't figure out at home.

[Ferg]

There are plenty of tablets which will boost Serotonin. I take one of these meds like I do cod liver oil. Non-addictive and no side effects to speak of. Obviously a chat with a GP is the first port of call, but I found it perked me up enormously.

[anonymous-user]

Feel much better today, had a good evening. May have been just a stty Monday, raining, was at work, was bored. You know how it is.

[Wattsie]

PSBuckshot said:

Not a car only forum anymore, more of a life forum so I wanted to see how other people feel as well.
I just went for a coffee, was nice to just sit there and get away from work for 30mins.

I didn't mean it was a bad thing - I meant I was feeling down too, but couldn't be bothered to bring it up. I'm happy someone else has brought it up, so I get to read about it anyway

As an update, I no longer feel particularly down, as I seem to have developed norovirus to keep me occupied instead

[BlackVanDyke]

I got quite seriously vitamin D deficient last winter and it made me... sort of depressed-ish, a bit like you describe. I've had fullblown clinical depression in the past, it was nothing like that, but all my emotions felt squashed and I had no motivation to do anything.

Might be worth a chat with your GP just in case it's a chemistry problem - there's a fair few things it could be, most of them very easy to treat or self-resolving with time.

[Emeye]

Another S.A.D. victim here, I can't be arsed doing much once the days are short and the weather s ste. Exercise helps though, I always feel better. Not been to the gym for various reasons for a few weeks and I'm feeling a bit down. Being stuck in a crappy job and therefore skint after redundancy doesn't help though....

And now I'm bleeding ill and awake at 4.30am.

[anonymous-user]

Emeye said:

Another S.A.D. victim here, I can't be arsed doing much once the days are short and the weather s ste. Exercise helps though, I always feel better. Not been to the gym for various reasons for a few weeks and I'm feeling a bit down. Being stuck in a crappy job and therefore skint after redundancy doesn't help though....

And now I'm bleeding ill and awake at 4.30am.

I feel st again, has to be SAD. I have no reasons to feel like this but its usually when I'm at work, its grey, bit damp and I'm tired. I dunno. Silly life. People are worse off, need to man up.