Recent studies have shown that weather can have a direct correlation to "depression". The term winter blues isn't all that made up and there may be some logic behind this trivial expression. In Danielle Miller's article "Is it Depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder", she points out the obvious, yet overlooked possible contributing factor: in the winter the days are shorter. Everyone wakes up to a physically dark world and we return home as the darkness sets in for a second time. According to psychotherapist Lisa Brateman, "Shortened days can create a sense of dread in many people..." Varying symptoms include an un-pinpointed sense of sadness, the lack of desire to leave the house, weight gain, anxiety, hopelessness, and the list goes on and on. Most people seem to shake out of the blues around February and March but some cases may last through April and even May.
I definitely think this study could have some validity to it! I think everyone at some point or another has experienced "the winter blues" and everyone reacts to it in their own way. Some people are just naturally more inclined to handle their emotions better than other people. I think the weather has a major impact on the majority of everyone's mood so this study makes sense to me. However, I do understand how some people could find this to be mum-bo jum-bo.
Miller, Danielle. "Is it Depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder". Yahoo! Inc.. Yahoo Shine., 12 May. 2012. 14 May 2012
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