Today is the darkest day of the year

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

January 22 is the darkest day of the year, according to Dr. Cliff Arnoll of Cardiff University … If you are feeling overwhelmed today, take comfort in the thought that "there is nowhere worse," writes The Daily Mail.

Psychologist Cliff Arnoll has declared January 22 the worst day of the year for a variety of reasons. In the gloomy state of humanity, in his opinion, unpaid Christmas bills, failed plans that people make before the New Year are to blame. And, in addition, the gloomy weather.

The doctor invented a special formula for this calculation. In his calculations, he relies on six factors that are important for the average person.

Here are the things that, in his opinion, determine our mood: "weather", "debts", "the number of days that have passed since the holidays", "the number of days that have passed since the failure of plans", "the feeling that something needs to be changed" and at the same time “lack of incentives”. All these factors are most pronounced on January 22nd. And this year the "bad" date also fell on Monday, a hard day.

At the same time, Cliff Arnoll assures that most of these factors affecting mood can be avoided in advance, so that next "dreary Monday" will not feel unhappy. This day, says the psychologist, can be used as a springboard for yourself, so as not to feel inconvenience in the future and to live well.

Scientists are also asking people to be more careful on the roads today. According to some studies, seasonal depression affects drivers in particular, making them more distracted.

The easiest thing to do on January 22nd is the British. They are, according to researchers, the greatest optimists among all nations. More than 85% of the British believe that a happy future awaits them.

As for Russia, Zurab Kekelidze, deputy director of the Serbian Research Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry, said that by 2020 depression will become the second most common disease after diseases of the cardiovascular system.