Monday, January 16, 2023

Third Monday of January is the most depressing day of the year


The term Blue Monday was coined by psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall, who worked out a formula to show how the third Monday in January is especially bad. 

It takes into account factors including the average time for New Year's resolutions to fail, the bad weather, debt, the time since Christmas and motivational levels. ...

The main theory suggests that a lack of sunlight may stop a part of the brain called the hypothalamus from working properly. 



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