Gray and foggy, sleepy, too quiet, wake up brain.

Being that I spend a great deal of time alone at home, regardless of what the weather is like I can tend to have brain fogs often. Coffee seems to be of great comfort to me too and the perk, perk, sounds of the coffee pot is like music to my ears. It is very gray and gloomy here as well, as it has been raining now for 4 days straight. It is expected to continue this way for another 3 more days.

Hi Hatley, Inspiration is like the wind, it comes and it goes, sometimes we try hard to catch it but whoosh, it is gone and we face a brain block, other times, things could be smooth and we went typing, typing, typing and before we know it, so much time has passed. Don't mind the fog, it will be good weather soon!

The first few days of winter when the weather changes and everything is cold and damp are always the worst, it seems that all my body wants to do is sleep until it adapts and well my brain it's neither here nor there. Then my body adapts and it goes back to it's usual self. This year the weather is very very weird. It is supposed to be cooling down and raining well it is nearly October but the News actually said it is hotter now the it was most of the summer (it was a coldish summer) but who knows when the dark days will come. Hope the weather has cleared somewhat though for you.

here in MD we are going through our second week of rainy cloudy weather, I feel like I live in Seattle. It is so depressing. Plus I have a cold with the green yuckies, aches and pains. Just hope the thunderstorms hold off since we have a JV football game tonite, my daughter cheers.

i usually do better and think better when im up early and alone. but not unless i have plenty of coffee. i hope they let you get more coffee there. yep you seem to have been up early. of course i wont be near first in this discussion as im like up late. 10am in fact

Aunty I want to join your discussion once again tell me please what are you saying what is the meaning of foggy, sleepy again sunday is coming and your son will came. I know you are waiting for Sunday.

I know the feeling very well. I get the brain fog in winter. In fact, I have to make an effort to get moving and keep my brain going. I am one of those where depression is worse in winter. Some of this comes from being brought up in a very hot town in the north, so moving to adelaide whre there is less sun really affects me. I am much better, more motivated and have alot more energy when the weather is fine to warm, even hot. I would be drinking coffee too!

It's been very rainy, gloomy and sometimes foggy lately, and chilly. Winter is coming! The leaves are starting to turn, too. I don't feel foggy but I certainly miss the sun when we have more than one day of this in a row. It's sunny now after a gloomy morning and it makes me more energetic. Sometimes on gloomy days I like to drink hot tea and watch an old silent movie. Those kinds of days are perfect for that if I have no work to do!

I have so many things that contribute to my brain fog, I cannot blame it all on the weather! If I am having a good day and the brain juices are flowing, that is wonderful, but if the fog sets in (for whatver reason) I just deal with it and come back online another time.

Hi sweetie. We have sunshine, but even on rainy and foggy days i always feel the same. This might chase away that fog.

hello Miss Hatley, yeah seems like it could cause a brain fog indeed, a typhoon just passed as by and there was so much havoc in many parts of the country, we have not yet gotten over this one and again there is another one entering our area of responsibility todayand if it does not change course, it's due to hit us again this weekend..terrible.. so it does fog up the brain somewhat.Oh coffee, don't put sugar in yours, I'm enjoying a cup of hot ginger brew right now.

This is something I have been through while most of the things around me are asleep. Sometimes, we need the silence around us to fine the inner peace within our heart and mind. The way you expressed yourself seems like you have found some comforts from your quiet surroundings and it's giving you the peace you have long for in a while. Hope you have a nice day.

Yes definitely. I find it incredibly hard to function when its groggy and foggy and dark outside. I think it falls into that whole thing about the winter seasons can cause depression.. because we wake up to light, and we go to bed when it’s dark.. but in the winter months, we are waking up to it being dark, and thinking we should still be sleeping.. and then it gets dark at like 5pm, so we think we should be in bed then! And we become lethargic and withdrawn! .. so I think its definitely a common thing!

In my case, it doesn't matter if the day is good or not, if the old brain refuses to cooperate and decided to get foggy, then, I'll get too lazy to do anything and sleep instead! Lol! Whenever I get fogged, I reach for a cup of coffee or anything to eat because that would usually wakes me up but then, most of the time, my brain's against everything I tried to do and kept mumbling "sleep, sleep, sleep" :P

Yesterday was one of those days for me too. I was really feeling quite tired when I first woke up and then it was one of the rough days for me. I wish that there would be no more gray days in our life my friend, but things like this happen and many times the weather is not a help either on how we will feel.

I don't think I like the fog because I do feel sleepy and tired those days. I always com here to mylot but sometimes I feel like not doing anything. In a way, I just log in do nothing when the sky is grey. I don't like grey skies, it makes me feel sleepy and tired and even somewhat sad from sad thoughts.

The weather is bad here too. It has been raining cats and dogs for the last couple of days followed by strong winds in the evenings. My mood can easily be influenced by the climatic change. When it is raining I tend to be a little lazy and prefer to bury myself in my bed catching up with my reading. My thinking mind suddenly withdraw from wanting to do some thinking in mylot. I can't even string two words together which make it almost impossible to respond to discussions here. I am desirous of responding to friends discussions but when I can't wake my sleeping brain I surrender. So you see I am not always in my best element as I need to coax my brain to make intelligent writing.

I feel brain fog because of my depression problem all the time. It is normal for me. I also have SAD so the gloomy days are very bad for me. Ugh! I feel like I am looking for sympathy or something but I am just being honest. Grey, cloudy and foggy is not fun for this kid.

The way you describe it makes me want to sleep Hatley

I can have a foggy brain no matter what the weather is like. There are times that I just don't seem t5o be on the same page or wave length as others. I guess that is just the way our bodies are.