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Cliff Arnall, a British psychologist, has pinpointed today, January 24, as the most depressing day of the year (so sayeth the article in Health Magazine anyway. Reasons? Christmas bills are due, low sunlight and busted New Year's resolutions.

Today has an actual reason for sucking! That makes me feel better.

sadness has no hands to hold you
misery pretends to know you
pressure only tries to fold you
in this life we all must go through

step away and see the facts
judge you not by feel, but acts
force a smile for all the day
eventually it stays that way

According to our media it was yesterday, so chin up! You're through the worst :)

From what I remember it's the Monday of the last week in January rather than a specific date. It also takes into account the approximate date of pay for people on monthly salaries, the temperature (coldest time of the year in the UK) and those good old Monday morning back-to-work blues.

Edited to add the actual formula:
Arnall's worst day "formula" is ([W + (D-d)] x TQ) ÷ (M x NA). (W: weather, D: debt, d: money due in January pay, T: time elapsed since Christmas, Q: time since failed New Year's resolutions to quit smoking, drinking etc, M: general motivational levels, NA: the need to take action.)

Oh, good Lord...will Science never give me a break? Now there's an actual formula for calculating my precise level of depression?

Do we have a wrist-slashing smilie anywhere?

Well, there's always the instructions ...

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oh, wolf! We both know better! Up and DOWN! not side-to-side!

tsk.

Righty-o. Across to the hospital, down to the morgue. Very easy to remember.

Damn! I could have been depressed had I only known. :lol:

and today is my moms birthday!!! :neutral:

I'd be depressed but I don't have the strength. :(

Looks like up from here.

BTW, is it wise to give proper wrist slashing techniques in a thread on depression? :worried:

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Originally Posted by marichiko

BTW, is it wise to give proper wrist slashing techniques in a thread on depression? :worried:

I feel it's a public service announcement.

It's OK, you Americans are all safe -it's the weather that adds the extra depression factor for the Brits. Over here the biggest risk is actually around November, but only every fourth year. ;)

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Originally Posted by Brianna

All this time I thought it was serotonin deficiencies.

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In the brainstem, the most primitive part of the brain, lie clusters of serotonin neurons. The nerve fiber terminals of the serotonergic neurons extend all throughout the central nervous system from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord. This neurotransmitter is responsible for controlling fundamental physiological aspects of the body. In the central nervous system (CNS), serotonin has widespread and often profound implications, including a role in sleep, appetite, memory, learning, temperature regulation, mood, sexual behavior, cardiovascular function, muscle contraction, and endocrine regulation. Not only does this bioamine control physiological aspects of the body, but it also has an involvement in behaviors like eating, sleeping and aggression. Serotonin has been noted to produce an inhibitory effect on the nervous system that calms, soothes and generates feelings of general contentment and satiation.

Flushes meds, I’m cured.

Cliff Arnall, you are a saint.

I think that possibly I was a little bit hasty in flushing my meds.

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