I am soooo empathetic to this.

If you are light sensitive, you may have seasonal affective disorder (SAD). That was challenging to deal with when I lived north.

Here are some things I do to cope: I try to give myself a small thing to accomplish and lots of praise and downtime when I do it. I had a huge list of things to accomplish over winter break from teaching, and I've only accomplished a quarter of them. I'm really pleased with what I have accomplished, because definitely there have been times when my fatigue was worse. NOTHING got done. And my mess kept growing.

I used to sleep in clothing (like little knit shorts sets or sweat clothing), so that the neighbors wouldn't know I was still in my PJs in the afternoon. Wink.

I've noticed that it makes me feel worse to stay in PJs, so now I have some designated comfortable house clothing to change into as soon as I finish morning tea and prayers. Still very comfy, but a change that tells me "I'm trying."

Can you give yourself permission to feel tired and then lavish praise on yourself for taking good care of you as you rest up?