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Mental Health Considerations

The speaker discusses the impact of winter on mental health, noting that while challenges exist, they do not feel significantly affected. They highlight the importance of community support and maintaining independence during the colder months.

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Do you find that it affects your mental health? Not necessarily. No, I don't, I don't think it's, it doesn't, it's not a, I don't know what do they call a sort of winter or depression thing. Because I think again, you know, we're in a country where you know that it's going to end, that we're going to end up with spring. You know, it's followed by spring, a bad, a winter. And I've, I've worked through awful winters when I had to work. Digging the car out and cleaning it off the snow and driving slowly and quietly to places. So I've done all that as working so I'm not I just do less of it now that I've got older if I don't want to you know. What do you feel is most challenging about looking after your health during the winter? Is there anything in particular? No, I just think if you want to go out, being safe walking, foot safety, I'm as happy to cook in the winter as summer. I don't mind cooking. You can just change what you want to cook or eat so it's done in the time you've got. I mean I don't mind any of those things really. When I wasn't well, people were amazing so I can't say and that was what was so amazing that people not just my neighbors who brought dinner but other friends never went shopping without phoning me or turning up with something that they'd bought for me so yeah I don't I don't find it a hardship at all you know I've got my own home I can eat it I can live independently I've got neighbors and family and friends around I know not everyone's got that, I'm aware of that, but the winters, the change in the winter's not enough to distress me by, you know, because I've still got all...

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