I love my dark curtains, they block out the blinding streetlights at night when I’m trying to fall asleep, unfortunately they do the same with the morning sunshine that should be joyfully coaxing me out of my bed.

Both a blessing and a curse black-out curtains are the nemesis of anyone like me who is sleeping too much and basically hiding from all the good things that would help overcome depression.

Finally, summer-like weather has come to Toronto and the sun has been shining bright and cheery, really the best (and most difficult) thing for depressed people is to get outside; however, my curtains make it ever so easy to stay in bed and it’s only the guilt of what I should be doing that ultimately makes me climb out.

Being driven by guilt each day is not a nice feeling, it fuels anxiety, it sets the tone for my entire day and really doesn’t help in my battle in overcoming the sadness I’m currently wearing like some kind of macabre coat of arms.

I have a couple ideas on how to overcome this curtain problem and I’ll give them a try, but I’m wondering if anyone has some suggestions that might help?