It gets better

[gravel]

Originally Posted by Brian D.

Up here in the north more people get feeling down during the winter. It sure isn't my favorite time of year. But you know what bugs me? The fact that psychiatrists/psychologists just HAD to come up with a corny term like "seasonal affective disorder" or "SAD" for short as the name.

Guess I don't like the cutesy aspect, it's almost like they were trivializing the problem.

When I lived in Illinois, a Chicago radio personality called it “gun in the mouth gray”. I prefer seasonal affective disorder. ;-)