November depressing month?

Normally the Black Dog is nipping at my heels by now but this lovely sunny weather seems to be keeping it at bay for now.

1st January is one of my favourite days!

Hi Brandygran, November is definitely my worst month. My mood starts to lift in January at the thought of Spring and the light returning.

I quite like November. I like the Autumn colours and the sense of winding down before the Christmas preparations. I’m less keen on January/February, when Christmas is over, it’s still cold and Spring seems a long way off.

Gloomy rainy days, garden looking forlorn and dark evenings. Plus Christmas shopping early to avoid the madness and queues in December.

I think the lengthening hours of darkness is pretty depressing, coupled with the damn fireworks and then Remembrance Day. Those things make it all rather gloomy. Still, it cheers you up when we have a sunny day even if it is very short. However, this year it has been too warm which messes with nature and that is not good.

I have my own , my partners and all my children's birthdays in November...so its always busy and we always go away for a few days ...so always goes by quickly for me

I love it but we have a couple of familily celebrations this month which help.

I find the only problem is that it's getting near to Christmas. The older I get, the less I can be doing with all that nonsense. But however hard I try it's hard to ignore it altogether.

November though, cosy jumpers, hot chocolate, plenty of enjoyable jobs in the garden. Possibly one of my favourite months when I come to think about it.

M0nica

My heart lifts at the beginning of September with the first sign of Autumn and stays that way all the way through the winter months.

Mine too, M0nica. Unusual beings, I suspect.

November is the month of remembrance which is bound to affect our mood.

Soon be Christmas. 🥳

My heart lifts at the beginning of September with the first sign of Autumn and stays that way all the way through the winter months.

I can appreciate the beautiful autumnal colours but it’s a heavy suffocating feeling comes over me .

I love November. Cosy, peaceful, usually uneventful. Not too close to the Christmas rush. There are usually still lots of Autumn colours, and beautiful subtly coloured skies.

Yes! I normally struggle, but it's worse in November. I have to really push myself.

Normally I would agree but we have had such lovely balmy days - sunshine, Autumn colours, mild temperatures that apart from the dark evenings, it is hard to believe it is November and not late September!

Yes, BrandyGran: I find it hard to get motivated to do anything. I just want to wrap myself in a blanket and hide. Thomas Hood’s poem says it perfectly for me.

No sun — no moon!
No morn — no noon —
No dawn — no dusk — no proper time of day?

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member —
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! —
November