i'm new here...info on SAD appreciated

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Registered: 02-03-2004
i'm new here...info on SAD appreciated
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Tue, 02-03-2004 - 11:23am
i'm a 20 year old college student. since i was about 17, i think i've experienced SAD on a regular basis. this is the first winter though i've really felt the effects. i wake up in the morning, get dressed, get ready to walk out the door to class, but i just don't have the motivation to go, i'll turn around and just go right back to bed. i've quit my part-time job, i barely talk to my roomates, i just want to lay in bed all day. i've gained about 10 lbs. since october. if i had to describe how i feel, i'd say it feels like being trapped in another body, and i want to do the things i used to do, but i feel like i have not so much control over this "new" body. i feel like i just "go through" the motions of living everyday. i'm not suicidal or anything, but i am just really unhappy with my life b/c i'm getting so far behind in school. i know i'll be find in spring, but that's still a few months away. i just would really like to hear from people on the board who experience SAD and if they're symptoms are the same. i really feel like i have no friends i can talk to about this, so i would really like someone to talk to. thanks for reading

f.s.

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Registered: 04-07-2003
Tue, 02-03-2004 - 11:49am




Welcome to the board.