It gets better

[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.

[icehog3]

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.

It's enough to give me "manly affective disorder".

[markem]

Originally Posted by Brian D.

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

It's a form of depression, so it kinda makes sense. Back in the 80s, several insurance companies were sued by Oregon and Washington when they tried to stop covering SAD treatments, claiming that there were too many cases here. Once the news outlets got into the game, the policy was reversed pretty quickly.

I have a light box and, on days that it is sunny, have a cigar in the garage with the door open as it faces south.

But I'm still a grumpy ashhat

[gravel]

Originally Posted by markem

It's a form of depression, so it kinda makes sense. Back in the 80s, several insurance companies were sued by Oregon and Washington when they tried to stop covering SAD treatments, claiming that there were too many cases here. Once the news outlets got into the game, the policy was reversed pretty quickly.

I have a light box and, on days that it is sunny, have a cigar in the garage with the door open as it faces south.

But I'm still a grumpy ashhat

Alternately we celebrate “go nuts it’s summer” where we pretty much play most of the summer.

[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. ;-)

[Brian D.]

Originally Posted by gravel

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

Yikes!

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by gravel

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

Do you remember who it was, Geoff?