Having been around for 54 new years, they don't hold much significance for me anymore. My cycles aren't dictated by the orbits of the earth, but by the cycles of my moods. 2016 finds me depressed. I seldom post here about gloom & doom because whining doesn't do much good, but my motivation is near zero. I've also been sleeping 12+ hours a day...& wish I could sleep more. I know what it's like to tweak my back & have a back ache; what I feel like now is that I tweaked my mood & have a horrible mood ache. Depression, at it's worst, is like having a physical pain in the brain & body (but I'm not telling most of you something you don't already know...which is another reason I don't post about doom & gloom). I've got my meds, my lightbox, my T (who doesn't help much when I'm like this), so all I can do is find some solace in the fact that I have bipolar & this will come full-circle at some point.