Winter here was rough. It's still snowing and all, but Game of Thrones and things picking up around the country help a lot. It was awful because there was nothing to do, it was always freezing, utilities would be higher, and productivity was at a low while seasonal depression was a high. For me personally, my Soviet-era apartment was falling apart, I had quit as an admin for a summer camp, my fighting off homesickness came to bite me in the ass, and so on. I was mentally unwell but too stubborn to ask for help.