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RE: Getting Burnt Out on Life - Suggestions?
Are you sure it isn't the Winter Blues? I suffer from depression and I have noticed a distinct seasonal component to it (look up SAD) in addition to the normal episodes. Even if you don't suffer from depression these dark days can increase your stress and anxiety levels increasing the risk of burnout. You might want to try renting a light box and testing one out to see if it helps.
Yeah, i guess i really didnt think of the changing seasons. I always thought that was related to holiday stress.
Normally i like the winter. I will have to check out the light box, im not sure what that is.
You may be able to benefit from a full-spectrum lamp that you sit beside in the morning instead of the light box, plus getting outside on breaks. I've used light boxes, full-spectrum lamps, or tanning salons to get through gray winters with short days.
However, maybe you just need to cut yourself some slack while you focus on the tough part of the school term. Those sound like incredibly hard courses that require focus and a different part of the brain than you use for writing.
You could try getting up earlier and writing while you get your artificial light in the morning.
It's a basically a little box that makes full spectrum light (like sunlight). They are also called SAD lights.