Apathy......

[g4ghb]

Is anyone else suffering with this at the moment? is it just the dark evenings??

Whilst at work (where I can't do anything) I'm all keen and full of ideas and enthusiasm to make things but by the time I get home I really can't be bothered and it seems such an effort to get on and do something.

Is it just me?

[Bushwhacker]

I was going to think up a reply but then I jus...

[Mesquite]

Nope... you aren't alone in feeling like that Graham... I really have to push myself when I get home at times.

[Bushwhacker]

You can't fight apathy.

[dwardo]

Nope... you aren't alone in feeling like that Graham... I really have to push myself when I get home at times.

I hear ya. When i get like that i try to push my self to do some admin like clear the workshop or rough out a few staves. I think the key is bit every day untl you get some momentum going again.

[Toddy]

It's the low light.
I've never needed much sleep but in late Autumn and Winter I can sleep the clock round, and I can't be bothered being creative. I can be productive but nothing new springs to mind. No notion to do or make.

Then Himself bought me full spectrum daylight bulbs meant for plants

What a difference, even just with one in the little angle poise lamp I use at my desk

Worth the money just to extend my day

cheers,
M

[Paul72]

Is it just me?

Not just you, when I get home from work I just feel like collapsing on the sofa or crawling into bed. It seems to affect a lot of people at this time of the year

[Magentus]

Not just you, when I get home from work I just feel like collapsing on the sofa or crawling into bed. It seems to affect a lot of people at this time of the year

+1 to that - Work is hard at the moment for many reasons (but at least it's a job) and the way things are in the outside world at the moment I feel a lot of dispair, so when I'm at home I try and make the most of it with my family (who I'm so grateful for). Seems very difficult at present though - not much to do in the garden, not much light, no money, and busy trying to stave off the mould in our damp rented house.

I have to keep reminding myself of all the good stuff. This site helps too!

[Suffolksteve]

Definately not just you! I always feel better when I have pushed myself to do something though than just sat around allowing my apathy to take over. The trick is maintaining that, so sometimes I have a list that I refer to for things that need doing and just force myself. Sometimes that isn't enough and I get suckered by the tele which generally makes things and me feel worse.

[sandbender]

I'm heading into another vein slitting winter in Budapest, a city specifically designed to encourage winter depression, hopefully I'll get out to a national park or two before the spring arrives.

Edited to quickly add:

Budapest can be very pretty in the Spring and Autumn though.

[Magentus]

I'm heading into another vein slitting winter in Budapest, a city specifically designed to encourage winter depression, hopefully I'll get out to a national park or two before the spring arrives.

Edited to quickly add:

Budapest can be very pretty in the Spring and Autumn though.

Sandbender - what is it specifically about Budapest that makes it so depressing in the winter months? Best of luck over the coming months!

[AuldJum]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaso...ctive_disorder

[nuggets]

I`m just glad to hear its not just me that feels the same way !!,ha ha ha

[g4ghb]

nice to see I'm not the only one (that doesn't seem the right thing to say but you know what I mean)

I'm not even sure if it is worse now the days are shorter........ I often have extreme enthusiasm whilst at work and in the car driving home but by the time I actually get through the door it seems to evaporate.

I have lots of projects on the go and irons in the fire at the moment and even though I'm constantly planning how to do things while I am unable to actually do them when I have the time / chance to get to work I can't be bothered.

I think perhaps I'm just genetically bone idle and hide it well!

[mousey]

Yep, Winters definatley abit poo. Get up & walk the dogs, potter around house 'doing tidy' up jobs - all in the dark - go to work still in the dark - go home in the dark, mad dash round the house to tidy up again [I have three kids - 5 and under] get them washed, fed, ready for bed, then tidy up AGAIN once their out of the way [they sure do make alot of mess] then suddenly its 8 or 9 o'clock by which time i'm totally knackered pretend to watch a dvd but give up after half hour then crawl to bed. Then do exactly the same thing the next day....

At least in the summer its bright daylight a 4am till around 11ish, some how I don't feel as tired in the summer.

My missus has got back into doing some craft textiles stuff and has asked for a daylight lamp to work by as it will help with colour recognition, you can paint stuff by lamps but in the day they'll look totally different, so hopefully with a daylight bulb the consistincy of colours will be better. Maybe I'll just get a load of daylight bulbs for all the lights in the house!!

[mrcairney]

To quote the great Tommy Cooper:

"What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? Who knows! Who cares!"

Work is getting to me at the moment (I haven't had any time off this year) so I'm looking forward to the christmas break so I can just relax. But at the moment, my weekends are hard work because I don't want to do anything, but it's the only chance I get! I kinda feel cheated.

[sandbender]

Sandbender - what is it specifically about Budapest that makes it so depressing in the winter months? Best of luck over the coming months!

Possibly the location, with few mountains nearby the air is often still and damp and there is a lot of traffic, most of which doesn't move too quickly, so smog can be a problem. Add to that, the days seem much shorter than winter days elsewhere, we're on central european time but are much further east than say Paris or Madrid.

The Buildings (especially in Pest) are often in a poor state of repair, dark and dirty, there seems to be no mechanism (such as the one which exists in Scotland) where a city council can require that a buildings tenants keep their building in good order, or failing that carry out the work on the residents behalf and send them a bill. So when faced with buying a new wide screen TV or fixing the crumbling facade or tottering chimneys, people choose the former.

Graffiti is scrawled on the streets and in parks (war memorials too), local businesses that once lined the Grand Boulevard have long since gone out of business and have been replaced by casinos and sex shops.

Hungarians often seem more morose, especially in winter, depression is common. It was a Hungarian who wrote what is claimed to be the most depressing song ever, one that has allegedly driven more people to suicide than any other. Gloomy Sunday.



However with all that standing against it, where Hungarians are gloomy on the streets they are swift to laugh at home, amongst friends and family good times will be had and they generally don't start to celebrate Christmas in September, only on Christmas eve are trees decorated, Christmas here is less about getting your child the latest gizmo and more about families getting together. And such get togethers! Pigs, ducks and geese have already noticed the appraising look the farmers and small holders are giving them.

I just need to work my through to March when the first shoots of green start to appear.

Best of luck over the coming months!

Thanks

[oldtimer]

Thanks for this post: I thought it was my age!

[Shewie]

Apathy is my middle name

[Tadpole]

Talk about apathy, 178 views and only 18 comments
lol

[oldtimer]

Stung into action by this thread. Dug two holes for pear trees, finished carving a spoon and planted some winter salad. The warm, virtuous, and dare I say smug feeling is wonderful.

[bb07]

I'm heading into another vein slitting winter in Budapest.

Now that's funny. If I had a problem with depression that comment would have made it go away. I actually laughed out loud. My sympathies though to those that have a tough go of it in the winter.

[Shewie]

It was a Hungarian who wrote what is claimed to be the most depressing song ever, one that has allegedly driven more people to suicide than any other. Gloomy Sunday.

I'll see your Gloomy Sunday and raise with this little gem ....

[Mesquite]

I'll see your Gloomy Sunday and raise with this little gem ....

I can't be a4$ed to click the link...

[blacktimberwolf]

Is anyone else suffering with this at the moment? is it just the dark evenings??

Whilst at work (where I can't do anything) I'm all keen and full of ideas and enthusiasm to make things but by the time I get home I really can't be bothered and it seems such an effort to get on and do something.

Is it just me?

I think it's just Human nature, when we can't do something, we want to do it, & when we can do it we find other things to do. Planning & imagining the things you're going to do, help you get through your working day, a sort of mental escapism...................so don't think of it as apathy, but as a work place survival technic........... & there's always tomorrow.

[Magentus]

However with all that standing against it, where Hungarians are gloomy on the streets they are swift to laugh at home, amongst friends and family good times will be had and they generally don't start to celebrate Christmas in September, only on Christmas eve are trees decorated, Christmas here is less about getting your child the latest gizmo and more about families getting together. And such get togethers! Pigs, ducks and geese have already noticed the appraising look the farmers and small holders are giving them.

That's interesting because I work with a guy of Hungarian descent whose parents are from South of Budapest, and he has a very good, very dark sense of humour......Until he gets depressed (which is winter time). Then it is a hard job to put a smile on his face. Roll on Spring!

[DogDude1963]

Whew... I feel that too... Like 24/7

[mousey]

work place survival technic[s]

I feel a new thread comming on....

[dave53]

im glad im not the only one then got to get myself a light box regards dave

[Tengu]

Ack. Its so dire having to get up in the dark to go to college.

(chemistry teacher wants me in pn two of my LATE mornings to do extra study at 0800...I so far have managed not to deck him.)