jennyaxe | Life, lately

Those of you who've been reading this journal for a few years may have noticed that I have a tendency to go quiet during the autumn and beginning of winter. This past autumn was no exception.

I do get more tired and less communicative at some point between the autumn equinox and Samhain. This past autumn I also had an extra stressful time at work, as my two colleagues were both away for a long time - one had taken six months parental leave, and the other was on a two month vacation. So I spent far too much time working, basically just coming home to playing a little WoW and then falling into bed. On weekends I'd sleep 12 hours per night, and end up unable to go to sleep on Sunday night.

All of it classical signs of stress and depression. Recognizing this doesn't make it go away, but it does give me some handle on dealing with it as best I can. Unfortunately one of my coping mechanisms is to retire from other people as much as possible - which I did.

Now the days are getting a little lighter again, the work load isn't as heavy, and I'm beginning to wake up again. I might even post stuff once in a while.