I’ve finally gotten around to reading this article from five months ago. Why did it take me so long?
“As we age, it’s harder to have a get-up-and-go attitude toward things,” says Ann Graybiel, an Institute Professor at MIT and member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.
This has been Tom all winter! He admits to hating the holidays PTSD from only getting kids for a few hours on Christmas and not at all on Thanksgiving), and has SAD. The minute the temperature goes up to and stays up at over 60 he’s a changed man, as most of his hobbies are manly outdoor stuff, like fly fishing, kayaking, bicycling, working on the river camp, hiking, blah, blah, blah.