anybody else get seasonal depression?

[Ash Holmz]

i know most serious musicians get depressed in some form or another... chasing perfection is bound to have its ups and downs. for me it gets worse in the winter time .. prolly somethin to do with the short days and the fact that there is no sun .. i go to work with the sun all gray and hazy, work indoors, and when i get out its pitch black... pretty depressing... its like all the excitement of life is gone.... just curious if anybody else gets this and what methods (no drugs please lmao, im not a sucker) people take to deal with it ... i read a post similiar to this on another forum and i thought it would be intersting to see what illmuzik's take on this is.

ps: i aint sucidial or anything lol ... never dat but my sprit def slows down around this time frame.

 

[Relic]

Yessir!! I fuckin HATE this time of year, absolutely detest it..
Not because of the light or th cold I just hate the holidays , because Im as far from Beaver Cleaver and them as you can get..

 

[H&R]

I feel 100 Ash ... I was just talkin with my boy on the phone about how I feel the same
way in the winter ... I read up on something before about how some people feel down
when their bodies dont get enough natural sunlight & i think it's true ... I never really
bring it up much with anyone cause they gon auto think i'm depressed om some ish which
is far from the case as you said ...

 

[Kontents]

Yea the day's in Winter time do have a familiar feeling of sadness.

 

[Pug]

Winter has its benefits! I live up in Montreal, so I know all about winter and the cold and all the snow. You just have to adapt as best as possible. I love the winter personally. Going out digging through treacherous amounts of snow while listening to some tunes on the walkman. It's great. I also like exploring a lot, checking out abandoned places, and the experience is different in the winter. There's just a certain atmosphere during the winter time, you just have to embrace it. Last week Fade and I went diggin in some cold ass weather, but it was dope, and you know, just gotta look at the positives!

 

[DJ Excellence]

All that winter sadness makes me super-creative for some reason ...

 

[2GooD Productions]

I fucking hate winter, its too fucking cold. I dont even want to get out of the fucking bed in the morning at stupid oclock.
Id say I was a little peeved by the winter yes.

 

[Relic]

Thats the reason they put X-mass where they did on the clalnder, without a big ass spending spree holiday the economy would gring to a halt because everyone is all bundled up and down in the pus due to the light and cold ass weather..

 

[Low G]

I'm the opposite... As much as I love summer I get more depressed around that time cuz of all the great things going on that I always miss out on. Winter is a more peaceful time where you can make a nice dinner and relax while watching a movie or something. It's great for focusing on music too because there are less distractions happening outside.

I dunno I guess if you feel a lil down or tired just eat well, listen to some of your favourite music and relax. Don't be in producer mode and analyze it or anything just let it take you where it will and at least for a lil bit you will forget how you feel.

 

[ManDAmyth]

I've never had seasonal depression, but I've been dealing with depression for the last twelve years of my life.

In the last six months of my life I've been depression free.

All I did was change my attitude and focus my thoughts. I constantly repeat positive affirmations to myself. If my mind starts shifting to depressing thoughts or I just feel anything other than cool.... I shift my thoughts back to my affirmations.

I also meditate for ten minute intervals throughout the day. It helps.

 

[50 cal]

i've delt with depression a lot for years.... but it seems that in the winter time i feel really happy..like its almost an instant change.

 

[Ominous]

Good post.

I can't tell. I definitely get really lazy but I don't know if that is being depressed. I think my laziness leads to depression because I get mad that I ain't getting things done. But I have been noticing shit. My wife blasts Christmas music like she is in the club or something. I get annoyed. I don't wanna hear that shit if I ain't openning presents. When we were decorating our small ass tree, I was being a big bitch about it and she called me out on it. I just don't get hype about that stuff. Then we realized that I get like that every year around this time.

I'm trying to get like 50cal. Wish I could get hype right now.

 

[Precog]

Yeah man....S.A.D....seasonal affective disorder. My mum complains about it every winter and bought this massive light box to improve her mood. Winter can make you abit miserable but i agree with you lot, im alot more productive in the winter. In the summer i feel like i should be doing something else rather than making beats, but in winter that isnt the case really. Although my beats always sound mad depressive in the winter.
Im gonna go listen to Kool & the Gang - Summer Madness now.

 

[skidflow]

Christmas Sucks Ass!

 

[Relic]

Man I dont know about Ash but Im glad that its NOT just me lol...
I think I even mentioned somthing about this in the latest illmuzik radio episode 20(shameless plug)
But yeah, nice to know we are all in the same boat.

 

[Sincock]

Shit..I love the winter. I feel more active in the cold than in the heat. Hot weather feels oppressive to me.

Co sign what ManDaMyth said too...it's all about your attitude. There's so much positive about winter. Less people around is one thing I like...around here in the summer it gets mad crowded...Qingdao is a coastal city and a bit of a holiday destination for Chinese so summer sucks around here. Holidays means more time to work on beats and be with the family which beats working IMO. I don't get any holidays until end of jan but I'm def looking forward to them.

Sure I get depressed at times too but it gets boring after a while so I just have to remind myself to change my attitude. Usually works.

 

[KurtisRich]

I take lots of naps..... well i try to.

 

[Iron Keys]

winter good man, can be all cozy and homely n ting. but bro, i need to ball!!!!! and no1s booking out no halls, to cold to be balling outside -hands got so numb i couldnt feel the ball >:-/
but does mean mo time fo beat making, exept im having writers block.. producers block, or watever u call it. beats sounding cheesey and weak *thumbs down* depressing a dude rawly! ..peace

 

[Fade]

You're all fucking retarded, the winter is the BEST! Like Pug said, it has its benefits:

• Slippers
• Jogging Pants
• Hoodies
• Winter boots (for kicking the FUCK outta someone or something)
• Being able to SLEEP with a comforter instead of lying there in your underwear sweating to death because the AC is broken
• Being able to make beats for longer periods because I'm not sweating like a pornstar sitting in my chair and my back getting stuck to the leather
• Listening to Winter albums like Liquid Swords when it's cold, snowy and you're riding the train
• SNOWBALLS!!!
• Being able to actually BREATHE and not have to worry about fuckin humidity!
• Coming in from the cold weather and having a nice hot cup of hot chocolate

All your summer freaks can keep your BBQ's and 9-o-clock-at-night-and-it's-still-sunny-out bullshit. I'll take a 4pm darkness any day over a sunny 9pm. Fuck it.

 

[luxx]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! sorry i was just readn this thread and thought it was pretty cool had somthing 2 say but my chick just started riffn so fuck her fuck winter and fuck christmas bahfucknhumbug