I've never heard of seasonal affective disorder until recently, and I found out that it fits me quite well. I'm currently a 3rd year in college and I've slightly noticed for several years that my mood and energy levels change with the changing of seasons - specifically from winter to spring/spring to summer.
I looked into hormonal changes, my birth control, what I ate, how active I was, and there was never a consistent factor besides the time of year. It makes more sense now why this depression never stayed for more than a few months, like how most people who have depression.

It just never made sense why I would feel depressed seemingly out of nowhere, until now. So I just want to see if anyone else wants to share their experiences with SAD to see if I can relate; because even though it makes sense, it still doesn't feel valid/real to me that I might have this problem.