I'll be starting therapy again and it strikes me that a lot of my issues tend to snowball (pun intended) at this time of the year.

Less light. More darkness. Eating too much, sitting even more and the specter of the holidays already hanging heavily on me. Besides Halloween, none of the upcoming days of cheer and togetherness really fit for me and my family --at least not according to Hollywood and Hallmark are selling.

So I want to at least contextualize this a bit when I see a new T.

I'm thinking I'll say...

"My problems tend to peak at this point in the year. You're seeing me at my worst. I'm better in June...honestly! In fact, filtered through the glow of summer sunlight, my bitter and negative thoughts seem like they come from another person entirely -- a person who would never think to enter a therapist's office. In fact, you might consider me two clients in one: Jekkyl and Hyde."

No question here just a rant. Sorry