Depression is a mental health condition that causes a chronic feeling of emptiness, sadness, or inability to feel pleasure that may appear to happen for no clear reason. Depression is the leading ...

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They identified it as the most depressing day of the year, citing factors such as post-holiday financial strain, poor weather, and failed New Year's resolutions as contributing to low moods.

Blue Monday, the third Monday of January, is believed to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept arose in 2005 when a UK-based travel company claimed they carried out calculations based on ...

Blue Monday can be an important concept to draw attention to people, in the northern hemisphere, who do report experiencing seasonal depression. Blue Monday can also speak to the impact of ...

But is it? Research hasn’t proved that there is any one day more depressing than all the others, but it’s actually a PR stunt that has unfortunately cemented itself into modern culture.

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Today, Monday, January 20, the third Monday of January, is known by some as Blue Monday, or what is supposedly the most depressing day of the year. The term ‘Blue Monday’ has been around for ...