What the hell are these words doing in the same sentence? Lets be honest, don't we all love seeing a big frosty in our neighbors yard, and who doesn't love bruising your ass a few times on the old toboggan? But depression, thats a scary word now... And what would it be doing in the same sentence as these others?
That's exactly what I was wondering when I stumbled upon this article about another hypochondriac-coined term called SAD. Sounds a little too close to SARS (The Swine Flu "Epidemic" that had people even in America wearing those queer-looking cloth respirators) to catch my interest. None the less avoiding homework doesn't have to intrigue me much to consume some of my time.
As I'm wasting my time reading this article about SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) I started to think that this thing actually might be legit. When the snow starts to fall it takes about 3 days for me to go from "Snow! I'm going to nail Wildman with a snowball." To "Man this shit sucks, every damn time I get in my car there's a 1/2 inch of ice on it and 6 more inches on the ground."
Then I realized maybe we all have a little SAD. The dudes are bitching because the only part of the girls you can see is their face, the girls are bitching about whatever they bitch about, and we are all bitching about getting out of bed and going to class. On a more serious note I don't think I speak for myself in saying we all seem to start wanting more sleep, more food, and more energy. Like we don't all want these already but the conditions of winter seem to make these necessities even more valuable.
When I use the word "Depression" I don't mean to use it to try and freak people out... Because we all know that discussing the fact that one of us has been "Feeling depressed" is the easiest way to geek all your friends out and start shit talking about you amongst them. When I say depression I just mean the feeling of "What happened to summer?"
Its a little ironic that the acronym is SAD, exactly the the symptom that best defines it. But what can we do to get rid of our SAD until winter break comes and we can hit the bars every night, sleep in, overeat, and bitch about being bored? If I was a doctor I might tell you, but until then you'll have to settle for some advise from Dr. Internet (Check out the link at the bottom.)
On a final note, nobodies alone on this. I mean we are all northerners and CRUDE ASS WINTERS are a gift from god we have learned to push through, try to ignore, and.... wait no, we definitely don't appreciate them! As we are consumed by our mother nature's dumb slutty side "Winter" just remember, there will always be someone at the bar willing bitch about it over a few whiskey cokes or Natty Lights.
How to Put a Brown Paper Bag over SAD's face and... Well you know what to do... (Tips on Flipping SAD the Bird)
