Anyone have their mood affected by season?

FCPEURO · Post by **FCPEURO** » 14 May 2011, 03:09

jblackburn wrote:
Traditional seasonal affective disorder is, on this point, the opposite. Those people tend to crave carbohydrates.
Way to subtly call me a fatty

I think he did, but we all know that if anything, you are the complete opposite of a fatty.

Post by **billofdurham** » 14 May 2011, 11:43

My mood seems to be the same all year round - totally mean according to my family.

However, today the moodometer had little bit of an uplift. A phone call asking if I could manage a 6 day trip to the Netherlands. Roll on 7am tomorrow and this 2005 Volvo B12B Plaxton Panther will be heading South:

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Bill.

Post by **jblackburn** » 14 May 2011, 14:00

matthew1 wrote:FATTY!

I should be as much as I eat, but I have a ridiculously high metabolism and energy level. I can't stand to not be doing something - the more physical activity, the better! I've never been very big - going into college, I weighed 135 - now I'm maybe 150, and haven't grown taller since my growth spurt ended in 10th grade.

It's raining and boring here today; graduations are today, and everyone else has left town. I drove up to West VA and back around just because I was bored. The mountains (especially the enormous ones up there!) are beautiful this time of year, especially with all the rain everyone's been getting.

FCPEURO · Post by **FCPEURO** » 14 May 2011, 20:16

That must have been a nice drive. Today was crappy here to so I just did errands and stuff like that. At least it did not rain which was nice.

FCPEURO · Post by **FCPEURO** » 15 May 2011, 18:43

At first, I will just hang home and not do much of anything. Then after a little bit, I will get bored and try to find something to do with myself. If it is not snowing or raining or very very cold, I will try and work on my car. At least that is what I used to do when I was alone.

Now that I am back with the one I love, it does not affect me as much. When it does, we tend to sleep late and just hang in the house.

FCPEURO · Post by **FCPEURO** » 19 May 2011, 16:34

94turbomom wrote:Driving fast helps.... the faster I go the nicer my car rides and at that point , I'm only thinking how much I love my car and everything else goes away. I'm sorry I'm talking about my car in the non car space .

No problem about talking about your car. It is related to the thread so it is fine.

Also, I have to agree. Driving my car when I am depressed definitely lifts my spirits. I do it even in the summer when I am bored.

Post by **VCA** » 19 May 2011, 18:17

FCPGroton wrote:Also, I have to agree. Driving my car when I am depressed definitely lifts my spirits. I do it even in the summer when I am bored.

Same here...something tells me this is the common element between us Volvo nuts

I love long quiet drives in West-West Orlando (like Winter Garden)--closest thing to the country around here...and then storming down the expressways to get home

Post by **jblackburn** » 19 May 2011, 19:21

Completely guilty of that one too.

After I broke up with a girlfriend this winter, I drove up to Kentucky and back in the same night just to take my mind off things.

But I love driving to begin with, especially when there's a fun destination in the end! Going home to NC for the weekend down Route 8 here is one of THE most fun drives ever; it's full of hairpin turns down through the mountains that I go squealing around way too fast. I've never driven a car that pulls out of corners like a T5 in first gear

If I'm feeling down, I talk to friends, watch lots of TV, and hang out on the internet a lot. Good friends are the ones that stick with you to help you through tough times

Anyone have their mood affected by season?

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