Anyone living in the UK at the moment can be forgiven for being obsessed with the weather. It is supposed to be spring but it’s snowing, freezing (minus temperatures!) and generally very depressing.
I have renamed S A D (Seasonal Affected Disorder) as SNOW Affected Disorder.
Normally fairly positive and upbeat I have decided that March has been a write-off and my mojo has GONE. I can’t be bothered to do anything much and need a big boost of motivation from somewhere – but not sure where to get it from.
Is this a symptom of my age I wonder? The fact that I am officially in the ‘latter’ stages of the human life span and everything around me seems grey (or white) and dead. Even the birds aren’t around at the moment; who can blame them when there is an icy wind blowing!
It makes me wonder how people who live in Scandinavia and anywhere near a Pole, manage in the long dark winter months. I think I did read somewhere that suicide rates always increase in those countries in the winter, and I can understand why. If you are already feeling deeply unhappy, for whatever reason, being cold, unable to move around easily without fear of falling on ice or disappearing in a snowdrift, surrounded by greyness and dark skies, it could be quite easy to decide to take that extra final step to end everything.
So how do we reach those people and support them? How do we cope with those feelings if we are affected? No easy answer. Personally, despite having lost my mojo (temporarily I hope!), I have hope because the daffodils are poking their lovely yellow heads up through the snow and there are signs that spring is in there somewhere. So I guess my mantra today must be ‘There is always something to be hopeful for’
To anyone reading this – have a hopeful and a happy day, our Universe is wonderful.
ALIVE AND CREAKING 