Some fuel stoking the Blue Monday fire could also be the phenomenon that’s based on research from Japan. “So rather than dial in to one specific day, I think the more interesting question is what it is about the winter that affects our mood.” Ravi Shah, a psychiatrist at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center in New York City. “There is generally more sadness in the winter time and January is not uncommon at all for overall more sadness among folks,” said Dr. How to restart your New Year's resolutions It considered factors such as the weather to devise people’s lowest point. The team had apparently worked it out with a complex formula developed by UK-based psychologist Cliff Arnall. In 2005, the now-defunct UK TV channel Sky Travel sent journalists an excited promotional announcement that, with the help of a psychologist, it had calculated the most miserable day of the year. Every January now, blogs share their tips for how people can save themselves from the gloom, companies jump at the chance to promote their feel-good products and services, and social media follow suit. Research hasn’t proved that there is any one day more depressing than all the others, but it’s actually a PR stunt that has unfortunately cemented itself into modern culture. As if we needed any more reason to ruminate over pandemic life’s daily plights, today (January 16) is Blue Monday - the third Monday of January, which is rumored to be the most depressing day of the year.
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