I live in Minnesota and I get the exact same thing. I'm mildly depressed during winter, not sure why.

Heh, I'm also a bit like this. My "problem" is that while I do like sunny days/clear skies & longer days, I loathe too warm temperatures (above 80F). So I used to love Winter because of this (and I also love rain). But now that I feel the cold a little more, I love Spring and Fall best. Every winter I think "come on summer" and then half way through summer I'm thinking "come on winter." Endless cycle.

My favorite environment is redwood tree forests in late Spring/early summer - cool, shaded, gorgeous, low to moderate humidity but not dusty, all those ferns, but it doesn't last....

Heh, I found the Floridian winter to be too hot. I was walking around in shorts and t shirts.

@OP, have you ever had your hands frostbit? Because that is how it feels if you have a part that was frostbitten, forever after that part will be super sensitive to cold. I frostbit my feet once and they hurt like hell if they get the least bit cold.

The only way to prevent this is either move where it doesn't get cold or invest in some super warn winter gear. When I go outside in winter you will generally see me in hat, gloves, mukluks, parka and or insulated carharts. And I mean "heavy duty". But then most people can't even imagine how cold it gets here.

Yeah...what makes my not liking colder temps as much "sad" is that I don't live where it gets very cold at all.
I can drive 5-6 hours and have all the snow I want, but our actual house does not get any serious winter.

They used to make us play football outside in the middle of the British winter, in shorts and t shirts, while it was heavily raining. The pain in the hands was unbearable. You couldn't hold a pen for an hour afterwards.

Nahp. Love the snow. Love winter. Love the cold. Don't particularly like driving in rush-hour in the middle of the city during a snowstorm, but I got a good car for the snow so it's all good I suppose.

I hate the summer. I can't stand the heat. Though, maybe it won't be so bad this summer now that I don't have hair down to the middle of my back. :shrug:

I know! I used to like winter, now its just plain too cold and icy. No long in the list of likes im also 22, must be something about this age you start to feel the weather more?

6 degrees below zero cause of the wind chill here in glorious Ohio....I only wish my glasses didnt fog up so much...shoveling this power out of my way gets difficult...

Things I love about winter:
1. Northern Lights. Despite them being there year round, we have too much daylight to see them during the summer months.
2. Skiing. I don't ski any longer but loved it for years.
3. I like the squeak very cold packed snow makes when you walk on it.
4. I love how a fresh blanket of snow makes everything look so fresh and sparkley I also love how ice fog looks like little bits of diamond dust in the air.
5. The tourist and about half my neighbors leave for the lower forty eight making it seem like I'm all alone up here.
6. I love how the air feels crisp on my cheeks when it's not so cold I must cover them or freeze.
7. Snowshoe baseball.
8. Mushing
9. Skijoring
10. Stars so near I could reach up and grab one.

And many, many more reasons...this could go on all day and all night.

That stupid sound just makes me feel like I'm walking inside a freezer and makes me feel ten times colder than I otherwise would. When I heard that sound when walking on snow in Oblivion I literally had to turn up the heat because I started feeling cold.

The only thing that gets me about winter is waking up from a warm bed to a cold room, and that is not even specific to winter.


I complain too much, I know.

The winter makes my nipbles hard.

Hope that works out well for you.

Oblivion's snow sounded like s slush and not the squeak I am speaking of. I haven't heard the actual sound anywhere but in Alaska but I'm sure folks in Finland and Iceland have an idea of what I am speaking of. Oblivion did not get it right, that's for sure. That was some lower 48 snow walking for sure.

Finland agrees that Oblivion did it totally wrong.

Though this person in Finland also disagrees about the snow-squeak being nice. It's one of the few tolerable aspects of winter, but I wouldn't say it's nice. Nothing about winter is nice. Let's see... you got the subzero temperatures, the freezing winds, the snow, the ice, the slipperiness, the constant darkness. Especially the last one. I can't handle seeing only about two hours of daylight in the winter, and compared to the Finnish summers the dark winters only seem worse - in the winter, we only see a few hours of sunlight (or not at all, waaaay up North) and in the summer, we only have a few hours of darkness.

I much prefer the latter. I hate winter. Why the hell do I live in Finland?

I have to agree about the darkness but the sun is coming back now. And don't you like the aurora? And the hot springs? And the daylight in summer really does make up for this most always dark we have now.

I go for a walk outside everyday that does not go below -30 F. I love most things about winter. I don't however like it when it warms up and the ice gets slick. I like the sandpaper ice on really cold days.

this is very true, something we were warned about when I was in cadets. did a weekend exercise in some extreme weather, and it was the most intense cold weather experience I've ever been in. People trying to set up tents, getting supplies into storage, etc. We did a 10km hike in full gear(about 75 pounds), and our warrant officer warned us about frostbite. 4 guys in my squad alone (I think we had 10 per squad for the exercise, and their must have been at least 8 squads) had frostbite on either their hands, feet or face. it wasn't pretty...

I hate winter.

Hell, even I know what you're talking about, and I've never seen snow deeper than two feet.

The Northern lights are really pretty, and I have to admit the winter landscapes in general are gorgeous, but not enough to make me enjoy winter. There's a meter of snow outside my window, -18C, and just starting to light. And it's 10AM. Does not like.

I don't think I'd mind if it snowed all the time here, but it doesn't. Its gets from 3-4 Celsius and overcast. Like, all the time. We've also run out of oil. My room is cold.

Have you lived there all your life? Too funny. -18 C sounds warm to me today. We just had a bout of -40 for the past week so I'd love for it to be -18 C. ATM, it's -12 Fahrenheit = -24.4 Celsius here and I just told my hubby it's warm outside. What is your latitude?

I imagine our weather and our amount of sunshine is about the same. It's still 8:00 am here so it's dark as pitch. The sun is rising about 10 am and gone by 5 pm now but just a month ago we hardly had any daylight at all. But I love the full moons light bouncing off the pure white ground. I like the blanket of snow and while I'm not sure how much we have out there it's plenty to keep me from trying to break trail without a good pair of snowshoes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtbH68tobwc&feature=autoplay&list=PLE6A067C464D0CDE1&index=20&playnext=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk-QyEB5dPI

Then we have a ton of fun riding snow machines, dog mushing, ice climbing, winter camping.

Troyatz, you should think about moving to a warmer location with your hate of winter.

Sometimes I hate our 12*C/54*F - at most - winters, then I remember some of you live in minus something environments.

Born in Finland, moved to California when I was four, moved back when I was 12. I think I might like Finnish weather a bit better if I'd never experienced Californian weather. Sigh. "Warmer location" is definitely on the to do list, right after "finish education with Finland's free education system".

-18C is pretty warm, at least compared to what we've been having lately... We had -32C a little while back. I just can't handle weather that cold, and it makes my hair frizzy. :banghead: I'm in sort-of-Southern Finland, I have no clue about the latitude. I'd imagine it's similar to yours, though, because that sounds about the same as our daylight hours. :shrug:

I always disliked winter,since getting back to my parents home it became much more difficult than while i was living alone.
Whil i had my personal space it didnt really matter to me,yea i was more slugish and depressed but now when i have to share a room,pc with brother and sister and im unable to go outside for a walk or a chill coffe i feel like killing myself