The Blahs: A Medical Explaination
Is it just me, or does anyone else have a serious case of The Blahs? You may be asking, "Cassie, what on Earth are The Blahs?" Let me tell you, curious reader.
The Blahs are kind of a combination of depression and apathy brought on by an overload of school, work, personal issues, etc, bundled together with the heaviness of too much winter. In short, too many obligations, not enough hours in the day. The stress of it all just makes you want to completely disconnect, and you end up flopping on the couch and watching the History Channel for six hours instead of doing anything remotely productive. Sound familiar?
Today at work, my assistant manager approached me while I was writing my shift's set-up sheet and asked, "Cassie, have you been feeling depressed lately? Like you just dont feel like doing anything except sleeping?"
At first I had a miniature panic attack inside of my body. How did she know?!? Was I being so obvious? Had my mannerisms betrayed me? Did I walk in tonight with a slight hunch and a droopy frown face? Should I...seek couciling?
"Yes...I suppose I've been feeling that way." I replied.
"Yeah." Amanda said with a huge sigh. "Me too...I was wondering if it wasn't just me."
I've heard that a kind of depression can be brought on with the changing of the seasons, or if a person doesn't have enough sunlight.
I'm not really sure what can be done about it, but maybe we should all take a little more time to smile at each other, or say hello. Sure, people have jobs, and there seems to be a never ending list of homework, and lately I just don't FEEL like smiling at people. But it doesn't take a lot of effort, and if you're suffereing from The Blahs, sometimes it just feels nice to be smiled at, and it brings a little more sunshine into your day when someone stops and takes the time to ask what you've been up to, even if your answer is just an apathetic and non-commital, "oh ya know. The usual."
The Blahs are kind of a combination of depression and apathy brought on by an overload of school, work, personal issues, etc, bundled together with the heaviness of too much winter. In short, too many obligations, not enough hours in the day. The stress of it all just makes you want to completely disconnect, and you end up flopping on the couch and watching the History Channel for six hours instead of doing anything remotely productive. Sound familiar?
Today at work, my assistant manager approached me while I was writing my shift's set-up sheet and asked, "Cassie, have you been feeling depressed lately? Like you just dont feel like doing anything except sleeping?"
At first I had a miniature panic attack inside of my body. How did she know?!? Was I being so obvious? Had my mannerisms betrayed me? Did I walk in tonight with a slight hunch and a droopy frown face? Should I...seek couciling?
"Yes...I suppose I've been feeling that way." I replied.
"Yeah." Amanda said with a huge sigh. "Me too...I was wondering if it wasn't just me."
I've heard that a kind of depression can be brought on with the changing of the seasons, or if a person doesn't have enough sunlight.
I'm not really sure what can be done about it, but maybe we should all take a little more time to smile at each other, or say hello. Sure, people have jobs, and there seems to be a never ending list of homework, and lately I just don't FEEL like smiling at people. But it doesn't take a lot of effort, and if you're suffereing from The Blahs, sometimes it just feels nice to be smiled at, and it brings a little more sunshine into your day when someone stops and takes the time to ask what you've been up to, even if your answer is just an apathetic and non-commital, "oh ya know. The usual."