ASK DR LOUISE

THIS TIME OF YEAR IS REALLY DIFFICULT

Q This time of year is a really terrible time for me. I start feeling melancholy and find it incredibly difficult to have fun with my colleagues and friends. I just want to stay in bed and sleep and not think about anything.

I can’t bear going to parties and seeing other people enjoying themselves and laughing and being happy together. It’s been like this for me since I was a teenager. It’s almost as if I go into a slump until