My story, an introduction message

[xfundy]

23. It's better this year, so far.

It's been warmer this winter, so far, but the short days still bum me out. Gray days, nothing much growing, garden is dead, bleah.

I start feeling bad around the end of October, then Thanksgiving means family obligations, which I really don't like, then Xmas which I really REALLY don't like. It was that way for years and years, even before the Darkness. Being around immediate and extended family during the holidays had always been difficult for me, even as a child. I never felt like I fit in, but never really noticed a pattern of SAD until after the depression diagnosis. Also got diagnosed with anxiety/panic disorder after the initial diagnosis. I'll try to write a little about that today in the new thread I started.