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Kia Ora,

::) [If one is fortunate enough to be able to plan ahead]   When's the best time to begin ones transition ?

  ::) If you live in a place where it's mostly sunny all year round then any time of the year that suits you...However if one is prone to "depression" and happen to live in a place where winters are cold "dark" and generally miserable then perhaps summer time is the best option...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder#Other_countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder#Other_countries)

::) Food for thought for those who think a little outside the square...

::) Every little bit helps...

Metta Zenda :)

I don't even want to think about winter coming... :icon_cry:  My messed up brain didn't even let me have my summertime happiness this year.

I've wondered sometimes if I do have SAD, 'cause more often than not I've felt pretty low at winter time. It may also be that I was so messed up with everything, not to mention my love/hate relationship with Xmas, that it always came to a head at that time of year, so will have to see how it goes after my first year on T ^_^

I may be stuck here for another winter and I'm scared.  It ruins me.  Not only am I solar powered and need the sun for energy, but the frigid weather just makes me hate everything.  Also everything is dead and grey and brown.  I get energy from being surrounded by growth and life.  Bees buzzing, roses blooming, grass growing, people on the streets.  Snow can be beautiful before it turns to sludge, but I hate everything else about it.

Florida girl for life!

Good luck Nemo.  Maybe it will be better this time.  I think I cope a little better on HRT than before.

I quite like Winter, I like the crispness of the air, and I look forward to the Winter Solstice and of course Christmas Day.    On the other hand, it is Autumn that I find depressing.  Here October days can be sunny and stormy with heavy showers, yet it is still warm enough for swarms of little flies to hatch and get in your hair, up your nose and in your ears. 

I suffer from the disorder known as SAD.  :(  And yes, we have long winters with reduced daylight here in North Wisconsin. However, I have learned how to alleviate the symptoms through various measures including bright light therapy, and it seems like the HRT has actually helped also! ;D 

Jennifer

winter is the best season for me followed by fall. Matter of fact, the summer is the worse season for so many reasons.

So I am kinda glad to see the fall looming ahead.

Winter is by far the best season of all.
It makes me happy, summer just makes me mad lol.

I hate the heat, especially here in Texas where it's over 110 degrees.

Kia Ora,

Wiki Snippet to help those of you who become "SAD"...

Photoperiod-related alterations of the duration of melatonin secretion may affect the seasonal mood cycles of SAD. This suggests that light therapy may be an effective treatment for SAD.[25] Light therapy uses a lightbox which emits far more lumens than a customary incandescent lamp. Bright white "full spectrum" light at 10,000 lux, blue light at a wavelength of 480 nm at 2,500 lux or green light at a wavelength of 500 nm at 350 lux are used, with the first-mentioned historically preferred.

Bright light therapy is effective with the patient sitting a prescribed distance, commonly 30–60 cm, in front of the box with her/his eyes open but not staring at the light source for 30–60 minutes. A 1995 study showed that green light therapy at doses of 350 lux produces melatonin suppression and phase shifts equivalent to 10,000 lux bright light therapy in winter depressives. A study published in May 2010 suggests that the blue light often used for SAD treatment should perhaps be replaced by green or white illumination. Discovering the best schedule is essential. One study has shown that up to 69% of patients find lightbox treatment inconvenient and as many as 19% stop use because of this...

Metta Zenda :)

Not for me. I have a very low heat tolerance and I just think winter weather is so much prettier. Most of my clothes are grey, black, and blue, so I definitely lean towards wintery colors. :)

People have you forgotten that in winter it doesn't become fully light until around 09:00am in the mornings, and the light starts to go around 2.30pm and here it is often pitch dark by 3.30pm in the depths of winter.    Here in GB we have had three Russian style winters in a row.   The winter of 2010-2011 saw temperatures in the Scottish Highlands plummet to a record breaking low of -23 C and we had three weeks of thick, deep snow which game close to paralysing the country.
   I don't believe in global warming, the weather patterns we have been experiencing show the opposite:global cooling.   Our summers are short, overcast and wet, and our winters have been long, severe, and bitterly cold.  Here in Scotland last winter, abandoned cars littered the road, hospitals announced that all non-emergency operations were cancelled and that ambulances would only respond to emergency calls.   On the news each night food shortages were reported.  Pictures showed large supermarkets completely devoid of bread and milk, and there were fears that small businesses might go bankrupt because staff couldn't get to work and goods could get to shops, factories and offices.  Here in Glasgow, all bus and train services were cancelled and Glasgow airport was operating on just 10% of its capacity, as no sooner where the runways cleared of snow than a very heavy snowfall dumped even more snow back on them, all this lasted for three weeks.

Quote from: Princess of Hearts on August 29, 2011, 04:38:01 PM
   I don't believe in global warming, the weather patterns we have been experiencing show the opposite:global cooling.   Our summers are short, overcast and wet, and our winters have been long, severe, and bitterly cold.  Here in Scotland last winter, abandoned cars littered the road, hospitals announced that all non-emergency operations were cancelled and that ambulances would only respond to emergency calls.   On the news each night food shortages were reported.  Pictures showed large supermarkets completely devoid of bread and milk, and there were fears that small businesses might go bankrupt because staff couldn't get to work and goods could get to shops, factories and offices.  Here in Glasgow, all bus and train services were cancelled and Glasgow airport was operating on just 10% of its capacity, as no sooner where the runways cleared of snow than a very heavy snowfall dumped even more snow back on them, all this lasted for three weeks.

I just had to reply to this. Global warming does exist, but it's a BIG misnomer. Many people think that it means that the earth is getting warmer and warmer, but that's a misconception from the poor name. It actually shows that the earth's temperature's are getting more extreme, so hotter summers and colder winters(in general on a global scale, local climates will always be different from one another, especially when referring to one surrounded by a large body of water). Basically, instead of everything staying in one small temperature range, the climate pendulum is swinging between extremes further and further out from what had been the normal range. It's like Mother Nature's PMS.
So "global warming" is actually both global warming and global cooling, depending on the season, and influenced by the region. :)
A local climate alone doesn't give the information needed to figure out what's happening on a global scale. It's basically an average of what's been happening in the various local regions over the past several centuries. As with any average, there are outliers. Just like there being an average height for humans doesn't mean there can't be someone shorter, an average global temperature doesn't mean there can't be a place freezing.

It was a very unfortunate choice for naming it - the original scientists simply referred to it as catastrophic climate change, it was the press that did the global warming deal.  And it only takes a few degrees of change to bring radical changes.

I have no problem with winter, I can more cover my body what I like (as I'm not so comfortable with my body, I prefer to be as covered as possible) and will awaiting to spring and see if some breasts will grow on me  ;D

I sympathise with people who don't see the Sun for months at a time. 
Winter here has so far been extremely wet, but not cold, and there has been plenty of Sun between rainy days.

Karen.

Quote from: Medusa on August 30, 2011, 04:05:21 AM
I have no problem with winter, I can more cover my body what I like (as I'm not so comfortable with my body, I prefer to be as covered as possible) and will awaiting to spring and see if some breasts will grow on me  ;D

Same for me, Winter allows me to cover my body more and make me (I think) more passable, while allowing hormones some time for the warmer summer months. Also, I hate warm weather and sweating which is another good reason to transition in about now.

But as far as the seasons go, I've always preferred Winter. The length of the day doesn't bother me nor does the temperature, but I find snow so enjoyable.

I have horrible Season Affective Disorder, so my anxiety is usually RIDICULOUS in the winter. But, with the confidence that I've gained in just the last few days, I imagine I'll be feeling great this winter! Hopefully.

And to quote what has already been said, EXTRA LAYERS!!! That's great.