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| muzzybear |
Today is most depressing day of the year: report
Updated Mon. Jan. 23 2006 1:06 PM ET
CTV.ca News
Bad weather, unfulfilled New Year's resolutions and credit card debt left from the holidays contribute to making this year's federal election day the most depressing of the year, according to a British psychologist.
Dr. Cliff Arnall, who created the mathematical formula last year to determine the best day for a summer holiday, says the factors that contribute to seasonal depression are at their peak near the last week of January.
The formula found Monday, Jan. 23 to be this year's worst day.
"You try a new regime, a diet regime or quitting smoking and it's after about five, 10 days that people start to realize they're not managing to keep to their resolution," the Cardiff University professor told CTV's Canada AM Monday.
"They start feeling low and beating themselves up and thinking 'what with the weather I'm feeling pretty low,' then you've got the money situation on top of that as well."
"You've got, you know, low temperature, you've got sleet, rain, low cloud base as well," he said. "There's kind of a feeling that you're being kind of almost pressed into your house and the feeling of not wanting to go out."
Arnall's formula also takes into account the "general Monday morning feeling," and the fact that many shoppers are now getting their credit card bills and realizing they overspent during the holidays.
The head of the Canadian Psychological Association says the results of Monday's federal election will likely further impact moods, especially those of the losers.
"It can be a very difficult experience for a candidate and those people that work hard for them to lose an election," John Service told The Canadian Press.
"It's a very public loss that you've invested a great deal of time and energy and emotion into, and so has your family and so has your friends and supporters, so they do feel let down."
Service advised candidates to understand that feeling low after losing is normal, and says taking a few days to rest and get back to pre-campaign eating and sleeping routines can make a big difference.
To avoid the annual slump, Arnall suggests keeping fit and mentally active and volunteering for a good cause, as helping others boosts self esteem.
Research by the Community Service Volunteers, the U.K.'s largest volunteer training organization, confirms this. The group found half of people who have volunteered for more than two years feel less depressed, and 63 per cent of 25 to 34-year-olds say they feel less stressed after volunteering.
Last year's most depressing day, according Arnall's formula, was Jan. 24.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...?hub=TopStories
I'll say! Sheesh. I feel miserable today. Anyone else? |
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| Chiclet |
| Do you think it'll affect our votes today? :) |
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| Floorwhore |
Well i found an article stating the 24th is the worst day.
Looks like today and tomorrow are going to suck major ass.
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Jan. 24 worst day of year, says professor
Last Updated Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:01:38 EST
CBC News
LONDON - Jan. 24 is the worst day of the year, with bad weather, debt, fading Christmas memories, failed resolutions and a lack of motivation combining to depress people.
This is the contention of Cliff Arnalls, a part-time university tutor in Wales.
The Cardiff university instructor has come up with a formula to measure the winter-time blues, the BBC reported.
According to Dr. Arnalls' equation, 1/8W+(D-d) 3/8xTQ MxNA, misery peaks next Monday, Jan. 24, a month after Christmas.
Arnalls calculated the effects of cold, wet – in the case of Britain – and dark January weather after the cosiness of Christmas coupled with extra spending in the sales.
Any energy from the holidays had worn off by the third week of January, he said.
By Monday, most people will have fallen off the wagon or abandoned the nicotine patches as they fail to keep New Year's resolutions.
That compounded a sense of failure and knocked confidence needed to get through January.
The fact that the most depressing day fell on a Monday was not planned but a coincidence, Arnalls said.
JANUARY BLUES DAY FORMULA
1/8W+(D-d) 3/8xTQ MxNA.
Where: W: Weather D: Debt d: Money due in January pay T: Time since Christmas Q: Time since failed quit attempt M: General motivational levels NA: The need to take action
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| AdReNaLiNa |
| bad weather? it's ok for January i would think :conf: |
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| Platipus |
| ^^^^^ From last year!! |
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| extacy_bomb |
| quote: | Originally posted by muzzybear
"There's kind of a feeling that you're being kind of almost pressed into your house and the feeling of not wanting to go out."
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that's so true. i donno why recently i prefer staying home more. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm feeling pretty damn good. |
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| bourgeois |
| meh today could be better and i usually love monday's cuz they go by so quick it's wed's that i hate. |
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| oldschool420 |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm feeling pretty damn good. |
+1 lol and I'm even sick! People are letting those things get them down... being all sad about it isn't going to make it vanish. Just try and be positive:) |
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| Mr. Smith |
Sun was shining today...Whats not to love?
That being said. I'm giving out FREE...yes I said FREE bear hugs today.
Come get em while they're hot. |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr. Smith
Come get em while they're hot. |
rawr! |
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| djole071 |
| last year my car was trapped in the snow cuz my battery ran out, without a cell phone, in the middle of no where... and then after 6 hours in freezing weather, i came the home.. and the radio said it was the most depressing day of the year... no |
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