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Depression is when you're down and you don't know the reason why.
Not necessarily, and yes, I know. I was depressed for years after, even when my life was perfectly fine (or at least compared to what it used to be).
What @MTF is relating to and which i feel the same is you can't just decide I'm not going to let these dark cold days and nights get me down. Well you can but in my experience I can't fool my brain for long.
Then perhaps the reason is that what I do doesn't come from a place of resistance, but acceptance. I like the summer as much as anyone, but usually after 3-4 months of it, I'm ready for the winter. And vice versa.
I dreamed of living in a coastal city all my life. A few years ago, I moved to a great one for unrelated reasons. I can get up and walk to the beahc in just a few minutes. I now want to move back to the "mainland" so that going to the beach feels special again.
We got a puppy in November, I've just been out for one of his daily walks, was it enjoyable? No it was freezing, I couldn't wait to get it over with.
But it feels nice to come back home where it's warm and cozy after you've been walking outside. And there's a sense of accomplishment and purpose in the fact that you've helped your dog have the best day ever, because every time they go for a walk, it's the best thing ever.
I noticed something also recently, there's an outdoor market stall thats open once a week locally, when i walk through and look at the faces of the people who have stalls they all look weathered and aged. Then I walked past a bricklayer working yesterday outside somebody's house and he had the same look. Weathered face from the cold weather.
Some people genuinely do prefer colder weather, but the ones that don't you can't just trick your brain to like it. It simply doesn't work that way.
There's this thing where people living near the equator in hot weather and those in very cold weather tend to have sturdier immune systems and potentially longer lifespans. Interestingly, those in more moderate climates don't experience the same benefits (extremes in this case can help overall health).
In any case, if you don't like cold weather, I totally get moving to a warmer place. But if you "literally" want to kill yourself because of the weather, then I'd move and never come back. And if that solves it, then good.
But if it doesn't? No amount of pills and band aids is going to make a permanent impact. I'd rather retreat to the safety and comfort of my mind (which used to be anything but those things) than depend on a place, person, or some other thing.
To each their own, though.
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