January tiredness

Glass of baileys, good book/ trashy tv & a cuddle with my dog gets me through these dark days

Jaxie - I don't blame you for feeling angry and depressed - another example of the social divide that we're coming back to (though it's probably the same here.)
I'm feeling sluggish too, and my friend, who's the same age as me but normally much more energetic than me, said she went back to bed at 10am today.

How would you feel if you had been waiting 2 years for a hip replacement operation, you'd been given the date, 11 January, then the day before, after you'd psyched yourself up, made loads of arrangements, it was cancelled indefinitely as 50,000 operations in January, and 50,000 operations in February cancelled owing to lack of investment in the NHS by this Conservative government. Then your obese friend rings up to say she is having her hip op immediately: done privately for £12,000. Aneurin Bevan is rotating in his grave ( and I'm in agony). Now that's something to feel depressed about.

My worst month always and I find it hard to climb out of the apathy it generates in me. Taking to friends, either online or face to face helps as I often find they're more fed up than me. A cup of tea or a cuddle of a grandchild helps too.
And I don't hurry to leave my bed in the morning.

The Dr tested my vit D levels a few years ago due to a medical condition I have and found it really really low. So now I take vit D tablets everyday and feel so much better. During January I always have treat , this time it was two nights away to somewhere we had never been before. Just spent our time exploring the city and having a spa at the local centre. It just breaks the month up and wasn’t to expensive.

Such a miserable month for such a lot of people,blue Monday yesterday when most people got their credit card bills through showing how much Christmas cost them will send everyone into the doldrums for sure.
Just keep looking forward to February it is not too far away then Spring will follow quickly when everyone will feel brighter.

Always worth getting your iron/B12 levels checked - I felt terrible for ages then they diagnosed anaemia and the jabs really help. But yes it is grey and depressing out there. Though there is a glimmer of sunshine here today - I should get dressed and go for a walk in it!!

the sun never , or rarely rises!

Just how I feel, tired, no energy, I'm ill too at the moment and that isn't helping. However, I've hit on a (sort of) remedy, I am learning to crochet and that takes my mind off just how rotten I feel. It's my son's birthday today but I have been up half the night coughing, so I'm too tired to attend the festivities.

I agree with the others roll on spring hopefully a bit of sunshine and seeing the daffodils blooming cheers us all up. I have got 2 dogs so I have to go whether I want to or not we have 3 walks a day and I get to chat to other dog walkers.

My birthday is in January, like allule’s daughter. When I was working I used to feel very much the same after Christmas, celebrating two daughter’s birthdays just before Christmas, the busy festive period, relatives to stay with us, work to fit in as well as we required 365 day cover, and the short days lacking sunlight often. It is a bit better now, but I look forward to the spring and longer days. Some friends lift the spirits, we also like a trip to the cinema or theatre. On a sunny day a walk is lovely. Have to try not to comfort eat!
Roll on March!

I went for lunch today at Tiptree Jam Factory in Essex, which also has a tearoom. Today, they were giving out free little pots of jam to their customers to cheer them up on 'Blue Monday'.

So many comments...and I certainly don’t feel alone now! Very encouraging, thank you!?

I've given in to it for a few weeks but now starting to feel worse from eating badly etc. So I've decided to work on snapping out of it starting today with an eyebrow tint and shape (first ever) and when I get paid I'm going to try having my eyelashes done (very sparse due to thyroid condition) and determine to try and get back to a reasonably healthy eating plan plus trying some new activities. Roll on spring.?

I have a January birthday so I have fond feelings for Jan., even if Jan birthdays are often forgotten or you are given sale presents or unwanted Xmas presents, you & others are often ill and lots of people are miserable & hibernating. So spare a thought for January babes, probably the product of when everyone starts feeling cheerful again.

I try to get out every day even if its only to pick up a newspaper, hate this time of year, sticking with the Vitamin D.

Lots of my friends give themselves a little treat to help get thro January, a spa day or weekend away. For me this year its my life long dream, am off to the Carnival in Rio early Feb and am so excited ?✈️??

I was going to meet up with a friend today but we both cancelled due to poor weather I have done nothing I’ve done a little bit of tidying a little clean but absolutely nothing else I hate feeling so demotivated had the light 9n all day the sky is dark grey and totally miserable

I always find January and February a bit depressing. After all the preparations and hype for Christmas, it's all a bit dull, and that goes for the weather as well. So glad to see some snowdrops out in my garden today. Spring is on its way and, hopefully, we will all feel better then.

The problem is that the weather is so GREY! I've got loads I want to do and many things I have to do but it's a real effort in spite of the colourful fairy lights we left up from Christmas.
The good news is that when the weather isn't so cloudy, I've noticed the evenings are gradually becoming lighter again. And this means that with light evenings I won't want to be inside doing the things I should be doing!!!!

I dragged myself back to Pilates this morning. I hadn't been since November and it was soooooo hard. You'd think I'd never been before. The upside was going for tea and toast with my friend afterwards. January is such a hard slog.

carolmary I meant to say that I also make myself walk everyday whatever the weather, 30 minutes at least. It lifts your mood and makes you feel less guilty about sitting around for the rest of the day!

Are my DH and I the only people who wrap up really warmly, tea cosy hats, scarves gloves etc and force ouselves out for a brisk walk? Even when it's raining We find it lifts our mood and we look forward to a cup of tea and a bit of cake or some toast when we get home. (and a G & T later! ) Even better if our daughter and her mad dogs come too! " Don't give into it " is our motto.

I know the January blues thing is more normal but I feel the exact opposite! Christmas and the weeks of build up is so exhausting and frenetic once it’s all over I breathe a sigh of relief. I look at it this way- it’s the longest time now before you have to do the whole Christmas craziness again, the days are getting longer, it’s an ideal time to take stock and have a clear out. I love being able to put away the decorations and get the house back to normal. So far I’ve taken a load of books to Oxfam, cleared out the loft and taken stuff to the tip, taken coats to a charity shop as I have some new ones. Gone back to playing the piano because I have the time in the winter. Knitted a hat for my DGS.
I and some of the family have had viruses, but we’re over them now and spring is on the way as there are snowdrops in the graveyard near where I live! Hope this will inspire others to snap out of it!

I live in Scandinavia, its the same here, everyone fed up with the short dark days, everyone longing for spring, which may be in April if we are lucky.On the radio today they said January is one of the "poorest months" nobody has any money left after Christmas, I can second that!
Imagine in the far north of this country when they dont see the light of day for months, but see the light for twenty four hours a day during the summer, no happy medium.