Do you notice if your mood is like the weather outside?

You know, sometimes I do wish to be "less weather sensitive" than I am. Love the hot summers, hey, got AC...but when the weather gets cold and cloudy sometimes that really can do me in...lol.
Luckily we live where we have short winters with no snow or ice. Guess I'm "right weather greedy".
 

I am basically a pretty mellow and optimistic person, but I definitely DO prefer nice sunny days over cold, wet, and dreary ones. I enjoy being able to go outside and work in the yard, and when the weather is either too cold or too hot, it is hard to be outside. I can always relax and read or do something inside, but I always like it when I wake up and the sun is shining and it is a bright day, even of the weather is too cold to go outside in the sun.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
I am basically a pretty mellow and optimistic person, but I definitely DO prefer nice sunny days over cold, wet, and dreary ones. I enjoy being able to go outside and work in the yard, and when the weather is either too cold or too hot, it is hard to be outside. I can always relax and read or do something inside, but I always like it when I wake up and the sun is shining and it is a bright day, even of the weather is too cold to go outside in the sun.
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Pretty much how I feel. I can feel the gloom, if it's dim out during the day. But I have indoor projects, as well as outdoor ones. If I'm really enthused about something I'm working on indoors, the weather out doesn't slump my spirits.

I started doing work on myself in my early 20s, because some elements of my life to that point had leaned me toward depressed moods. I'm glad I took on that program.
 
No, but my back can tell me about the weather. On cool, cold or wet days, whether rain or snow, my back can force me to lay on the heating pad for an hour.

Back around 2000, I chased a suspect for almost a mile. We finally came to a row of hedges about 3 feet high. My suspect was able to easily jump over the bushes, but when I tried it, I came up short and did a half flip and landed on my left shoulder, which caused a separated shoulder, meaning 2 of the ligaments separated from my clavicle, or collarbone.

I had to have the ligaments pinned back onto the clavicle and everything healed nicely, except I now have arthritis in my back. The good news is, I was able to immediately get back on my feet and continue the chase. I caught him in another quarter of a mile. It was fortunate that back then, I ran 5 days a week. He ran out of breath and gave up.
 
70's are the bestest. 50's to 80's, no complaints. Rain has to happen some, and Snow, sure. Not much to complain about
Except for the occasional Tornado overhead and hail. ..... Haha ..... (y) 2.5" hail in June is sort of interesting, possibly.
 
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JBR said:
Pretty much how I feel. I can feel the gloom, if it's dim out during the day. But I have indoor projects, as well as outdoor ones. If I'm really enthused about something I'm working on indoors, the weather out doesn't slump my spirits.

I started doing work on myself in my early 20s, because some elements of my life to that point had leaned me toward depressed moods. I'm glad I took on that program.
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I started doing work on myself in my early 20s, because some elements of my life to that point had leaned me toward depressed moods."
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What kind of work on yourself did you do?
 
Yes. When it's cloudy and rainy and gloomy, I tend to stay indoors and hibernate.
The rain has stopped for now and the sun is shining, so I'm preparing for my errands that I have to get out and do today. Got my list of things ready.
 
Paco Dennis said:
"What kind of work on yourself did you do?
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I'll answer with the caveat I'm not recommending all of my specifics to other people.

It started with trying weed (which put me in a very relaxed, playful mood). I was also able to use the state for introspection, to identify some adverse habits of mind. From there I got moderately into psychedelics... pretty well always with the prime intent to be exploring myself & healing. ("they're medicine, not a diet.")

I did a fair amount of reading along the lines of dealing with interpersonal relating & communication, and hindrances. I sought out some training in meditation practices, and became regular with that at age 23.

I went through a personal crisis at age 27, due to the break-up of my first marriage (& as a result, being able to live only half time with my very young daughter). I ingested psilocybin a couple times as part of my way of working through a depression. Since that point, it's pretty much just been daily meditation coupled with ongoing identification of remaining "triggers" that get me irked, and then altering my mental habits.
 
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