Reverse SAD

Anyone else have this? 

Where most look forward to ever more daylight, it's around now that I start to miss in advance the clear delineation between day and night. That first evening leaving work and it's still daylight depresses me profoundly in a way I can't quite explain. The aggressive insistence of Spring I suppose.

I'm really going to miss my 4.30 pm twilights, but I suppose if we had our personal favourite seasons (autumn/winter in my case) all year round we'd never appreciate them to the extent we do.

Anyone else understand/have this reversal of the more conventional form of SAD?  It's not that I won't get *something* out of the warmer months of flourishing nature, but witnessing Spring's birthpains is like an assault on the senses. Daffodils kind of disgust me - they're so raw, the early shock troops of the season, forced out of the soil into cold harsh misery and screaming in pain. Crocuses too. Like the visual equivalent of being near chopped raw onions or something. Snowdrops at least look more pleasant and delicate, but they're so impertinently 'early' - can we just have winter for now please, thanks?  Anyone get this, or am I just sounding insane? 

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  • I'm not normally a big fan of poetry but your poetic writing on this forum last night was seriously impressive to me.

    the early shock troops of the season, forced out of the soil into cold harsh misery and screaming in pain
    ike an optic nerve torn from the earth and forced skywards towards the incoming sleet. You sense their gratitude when death’s merciful hand graces them at last. 
    The summer flowers that follow know no such suffering

    You have such writing talent, whether you choose to use it creatively or not. I could never produce anything as impressive as that.

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