21 Sad Quotes On Seasonal Depression

“Seasonal depression hits for me, like clockwork, the day after Halloween... Thanksgiving is my first warning; Christmas is my second; and New Year's Eve is not a beginning but an end.”

— Dayna Evans, gawker.com

“People need to understand, mental illnesses don’t take a break during the holidays.”

— Anonymous, crescentbeing.tumblr.com

“I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if whatever it was the pine boughs and the candles and the silver and gilt-ribboned presents and the birch-log fires and the Christmas turkey and the carols at the piano promised never came to pass.”

— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com

“Beginning in the fall, there was all this excitement about Christmas and how it was a day for them. After Thanksgiving, they couldn't miss it. It was fixed so they couldn't miss it. The wreaths and decorations everywhere, and bells ringing, and trees in the park, and Santa Clauses on every corner, a…”

— John Cheever, newyorker.com

“Depression and winter are an even worse combination than orange juice and toothpaste.”

— becomingaclassic, becomingaclassic.tumblr.com

“It is quite common to experience depression during the holidays. to spend several days without ever leaving your room. to think of those who are no longer with us. to remind ourselves of the things we do not have. the gifts we cannot afford. i am currently thinking of the loss of my stepfather. of t…”

— Tonya Ingram, instagram.com

“The challenge to me each winter is in finding ways to work with feeling low like depression is some stupid, inconvenient friend who needs a place to crash for a few months and who also wants to shit all over my floor.”

— Dayna Evans, gawker.com

“So, you see, while some perceive winter as a festive time when their worlds are blanketed by the purity of snow, others feel that they are being suffocated by a literally colorless existence.”

— Jessica Blaszczak, psychcentral.com

“My SAD has always felt like a tidal wave I was destined to be crushed under; right now, it feels like regular ocean waves. I’m fighting it one crest at a time, falling down sometimes but not always, and knowing a life raft will be there if I need it, knowing someone will come. Not because they have…”

— Heather Hogan, autostraddle.com

“Of all the millions of people in New York, I am practically the only one who has to get up in the cold black of 6 a.m. on Christmas Day in the morning; I am practically the only one.”

— John Cheever, newyorker.com

“don’t doubt yourself!!!! your depression is legitimate and just because it’s only during the cold months doesn’t mean you don’t need as much attention as people with year-round depression!!!!!”

— naturenurturer, naturenurturer.tumblr.com

“I am no different than the weather, The planets or the trees; For there do not always have to be reasons For the seasons turning inside of me.”

— Suzy Kassem, amazon.com

“Winter, I don’t know if I’m going to make this time. Be gentle.”

— Brittany Hottmann, theneuroticlesbian.tumblr.com

“There once was a girl whose happiness was tied to the sun. As it rose, so did she, and her smile was like beams of light. As it set, so did she, and her frown cast shadows on her face.”

— randumbdaze, randumbdaze.tumblr.com

“...flowers wilt when they don’t get enough light and so do you.”

— haunt-me-x3, haunt-me-x3.tumblr.com

“I’m in a fog and even though I feel like I’m living a good, authentic life, I spend a lot of my life numb. There’s this sleepwalk I do where it’s like I’m under a layer of ice and I slump through the day without any real inner dialogue. It’s like being dead on your feet. Or stuffed with cotton. And…”

— Adam Gnade, amazon.com

“I am afraid. I’m afraid of the despair that always accompanies this thing, afraid of the hopelessness and sleeplessness and mood shifts and anxiety and inability to connect with people and create things I love. I’m afraid of eating too much and drinking too much to self-destruct and self-medicate.”

— Heather Hogan, autostraddle.com

“These are the desolate, dark weeks when nature in its barrenness equals the stupidity of man. The year plunges into night and the heart plunges lower than night”

— William Carlos Williams, wordswilling.tumblr.com

“I’ve found that a lot of non-pill treatments work for my depression. In the spring and summer months I can obstruct my anxiety and depression with exercise, weed, going out with friends, and ample time spent in the sun. The endorphins are good. But during the winter, these options diminish or disapp…”

— Dayna Evans, gawker.com

“The silver lining to seasonal depression is that your threshold for achieving a sense of personal accomplishment becomes much, much lower. Refilling that saltshaker that’s been sitting empty on your kitchen table since last November feels like winning the fucking Tour de France.”

— prokopetz, prokopetz.tumblr.com

“Next time the Big Motherfuckin’ Sad comes calling, don’t pick up the phone. See your sadness as a caller who wants to give you grief for not paying a parking ticket or some other asinine thing. Stand by the phone and say, ‘Who cares about parking tickets. I didn’t put the parking meter there.’ Then…”

— Adam Gnade, amazon.com