I am seventeen years old. I live in Minneapolis and it is around this time of year that it begins to get very cold and dark. The sky is almost completely dark by five in the evening and the high temperatures for the last week have rarely exceeded ten degrees. This is also the time of the year that my depression begins to set in. I don't think it would be very descriptive to label it as "depression". Depression can manifest it's presence in many ways. I become more hostile and impulsive this time of year. I don't take time to think about my actions as I usually do. The entire atmosphere of the world seems more bleak and pointless, and I respond to threat this by adopting a more aggressive and defensive pattern of thinking. My view on the world becomes more pessimistic and logic goes out the window. I indulge in carbohydrates, sugar, lorazepam, and masturbation. Does this sound familiar?