I always turn maudlin like right at 8pm, wonder if there's any science behind that.
@Tail how long does it last?
are you watching something or doing something consistently right before?
i dunno. maybe it's just become a habit? 🤔
i used to get melancholy on weekends for the entire day. by the evening i was fine. don't know why except maybe more time to be on my own & not be on deadline for things? so more reasons to be in my head. that is usually a melancholic place to be. 🙄
@singlemaltgirl It lasts until I go to bed, basically. I just get more chatty at night but all my friends are sleeping and I can't talk to them. Weekends are rough too sometimes, Sundays especially. It's just that pre-Monday dread all day.
But yeah, if we've got a weight on our hearts and nothing but time to sit with it, it's a sad place to be indeed.
@Tail mmm...well if you find it restorative to chat w/ friends or engage w/ peeps, that may explain it. you need some more peopling w/ people you like.
i wonder if you can cultivate some int'l peeps to your friends list so you can chat w/ them at the 'odd hours' if you get my meaning?
@singlemaltgirl I do. My main group of friends is in Australia actually. Timezones wise I'm 19 hours behind them, so they're usually around about this time. We don't really talk a whole lot though. I just need to get in the habit of going to sleep at a reasonable time. It's just that I've always been a night owl, even when I was little. I just come alive at night, can't help it.
@singlemaltgirl yeah we game together sometimes, but always at night for them. Those nights I'm usually up until about 4 - 5am or so, which is their midnight. Kinda wrecks my schedule but it's worth it.
@Tail i hear ya'. i'm a night owl & chronic insomniac.
the friends in aussie land sound great tho!