Sunny/ bright days triggering "The Blues"?

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I can't really understand exactly why this is a continually recurring situation for me, but it is; Every time (well for the most part) if i find that there is sunny/ bright nice weather outside, i end up feeling sad and down, and feel an urge to to stay at home and go as little outside as possible. Just going for a walk is pure torment for me under circumstances like that, and it's not rare for me to then feel an urge to get my errands done rapidly so that i can get back home faster. It's bugging me quite a lot, i don't want to let this affect me the way it does, but no matter how hard i try to motivate myself, even if i feel ok with being out in the sun at first, the sad feeling will eventually creep up on me at some point.
I've found though that i manage to keep myself under control (to not hurry back home etc.) when i am with family or friends, i think maybe because being with someone makes you focus/ aim your attention and thoughts to other things, so you'r less likely to have your thoughts wander of to that "negative"mentality/ mindset. Also i have found that i manage to (not forget) but ignore the negative feelings nice weather awakes in me whenever I've been in work practices (possibly because i then know i am expected to and am focused on being professional and getting my job done properly.)

The reason why i am writing about this now, is because i experienced a meltdown today because it was sunny/ nice weather outside, i managed to motivate/encourage myself to leave the house to go for a long walk (1 hour) and also buy some groceries in the process, but after ten minutes, i internally panicked, and ended up taking the bus instead to the mall, then rushing back home again when the grocery shopping was over with. I know my behavior and the way this affects me is illogical and bizarre, but i can't help it, no matter how i try to tell myself differently: Cloudy/gray weather and the dark of the night makes me feel calm and happy, while sunny and nice weather evokes a feeling of sadness and discomfort.

Does anyone else experience something like this as well?

wow, yes! the way you described it is the same way for me as well. in addition to the sun which bothers me, having a cloudless day is very uncomfortable, the big open sky. i'm not sure what about it irritates me so much but i really dislike it. i wear baseball caps to block out the sky when i'm walking, which helps. also sunshades. every day i look through my blinds to see what the sky looks like. if it's bright and sunny, i know i'm going to have a harder time that day. unfortunately where i live, in the mornings it is often very overcast but after 10 am it gets really bright and sunny and cloudless.

even when i was little it was like this, bright sunny days makes people happy but depresses me. everyone hates 'nasty weather' but it makes me happy/calms me down. is it just sensory things i wonder?

The white-blue sky and slanted light of sunny winter days gives me migraines.
One more reason I hate winter. *sigh*

That's really interesting to read, because I'm the opposite - sunshine improves my mood significantly!