Posted by Noa on May 10, 2000, at 10:30:31
In reply to Re: Summertime Blues?, posted by Cass on May 9, 2000, at 21:59:37
I don't know about a physiological cause for summertime blues, but I imagine there could be one for some people.
I think for some of us, different seasons stir up anxiety about various issues and we get depressed. Summer seems to stir up body image issues for a lot of folks. Whether it's weight, or just general discomfort with how one looks, or how different parts of one's body look (since there is more exposed), or how comfortable one feels in heat, how one copes with sweating, etc.
I think the heat stresses people, too. Who feels like working when it is sweltering?
There have been years when I feel a definite late autumn depression, and years, when it is worse in summer. For me, the issue of vacation is always hard. I want to do something fun, but have no money, and no one to go somewhere with. Making the arrangements for a vacation are stressful to me, too.
Anyway, I think I have the all-season variety of depression.
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