I have been living here for over a year now and even though i love the life i have here i am really sick and tired of the weather. And by sick i mean literally sick. This is the second winter here and i have a cold every single day. Besides that, the sun barely shines over here. It is sooo depressing. I miss the sunshine I never thought that sunshine would have such a huge impact on one's mood.
Am I the only one in this situation?

If I were you I'd move. The Canary Islands have a pleasant climate, then there's Florida and of course the Carribean.

Plenty of choice in fact. Places where you'd get to love the life there too.

*looks up at beautiful blue sky*

Ah, Basel. The place to be.

http://www.webmd.com/depression/tc/s...topic-overview
Get a UV light for home.

Sometimes i agree with the OP. And then i remember how it was living in the UK. Much better here

I have read about those...do they actually work? Or is it merely a placebo?

Get above the clouds and into the fresh air of the mountains whenever you can.

It's called "Bern-out". Best bet is a visit (or move) to the sunnier cantons, such as Basel. Lovely sunny day. You can see from the webcams here: http://meteo.search.ch/basel

The Swiss weather, Zurich region, is an active Brits dream.

To go from 9months of rain and misery, 2months of freezing cold, and 1 month of possible sunshine but normally just a bit less grey and rainy then the rest of the year to a 4 month cold but solid snow season (SKIIIIIIIIIIIIII), and a 3 month summer of consistent sunny days is paradise.

Wouldn't change it for the world.

statistically the sunniest town in Switzerland.

Look on the bright side - at least this country is not crippled at the mere thought of snow.

At the moment, here in Birr, it is almost sunny and with the snow, it is very bright indeed :-)

It's subtly different weather to the UK, bit more predictable. What I wasn't used to when I came here was the extreme humidity; 100% in summer and 0% in winter. We had our kitchen installed in the summer, and now it is visibly 1% smaller, as the wood has shrunk.

What always gets me when I go back to the UK is the wind..

Sion and Sierre are the sunniest towns.

Anywhere near lakes and mountains is foggy in Winter, except Geneva to Vevey.

The lamps do work, you might get one second hand as they are expensive.

There's a reason for that

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-stir-fry.html

Every place in the world is pretty in its own way. But there is always a trade off. Switzerland has some great features, but right now I miss the sunshine as well....and I've had a runny nose for about a month, nonstop.

Oddly enough, when I first moved to Arizona, I started to miss the rain. There are +300 days per year of sunshine there, but after a while you just start wishing for a rainy day. Oh wait, it's also +40 degrees C in the summer

Yeah, my british friends all think i am crazy :P
Basel is sunnier, that's true...but also 1h further away from the slopes . I guess you get used to it over the years...if you have enough patience...

I guess you are right. No place is perfect and as a woman i will probably find a reason to complain anywhere in this world :P
But i will give those lamps a try if i find an affordable one.

Geneva is currently under a blanket of grey fugginess.... and it'll last for about three months.
It's happened every year since I moved here (in 1980), and usually lasts from early January to late March so sadly Geneva's definitely not an exception.
We'll get the odd sunny day, but this is the norm. And it's damned depressing at times!

Move to Australia. Its been a month away and I miss it already.

One idea from me. Buy a ticket to Costinesti you'll not find a job there but probably the sun.

LOL it used to be the "land of choice" back in highschool But now i would prefer Vadu