Blue Monday a unsafe myth that trivialises depression — BlueAnyDay

Researchers find that at this day people’s debt levels are high and the climate is at its worst at this time of year.

He has now been invited south by the Canary Islands Tourism Board, and he is telling people that “it’s impossible to feel depressed with so many bright, sunny days, brimming with the energy transmitted by the island’s volcanoes and its revitalising natural environment”.

His study, which scientists have torn to shreds, was used by now dead holiday company Sky Travel, to promote their business.

MENTAL HEALTH experts in Oxfordshire have labelled Blue Monday as “damaging” and “trivialising” to people suffering from depression.

Dean Burnett, a doctor of neuroscience and Cardiff University lecturer, writing in a column in the Guardian, said: “It is unscientific”.

He added: “The equation itself is farcical”.

Arnall is a real psychologist doing real research (most of the time) in happiness.

He predicted it to be on June 24, after working with the ice cream maker Walls to come to this decision.

If you’ve got a case of the Monday blues don’t blame it on the debunked theory about “the most depressing day of the year” that some experts warn could trivialize depression and other mental health issues. January 18 has been dubbed Blue Monday, following reports that it is the date on which the population is at its most melancholy. A survey conducted by co op found that at this day people feel that they are lonely.

Today is the most depressing of the year with people’s moods affected by their Christmas finances, the bad weather and the long wait for summer. We’ve broken our New Years resolution multiple times. Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto says light therapy is one of the most effective treatments for SAD and help with “winter blues” as well.