So, evidently I'm a day late if I wanted to be depressed.
That is according to British psychologist, Cliff Arnall.
He has declared the third Monday of January "Blue Monday."
He looked at various factors that put people in the dumps and then figured out where they intersected on the calendar.
He cited the come-down of getting back to work after the weekend,
gloomy weather, bills from Christmas coming due and regrets over broken
New Year’s resolutions.
Dr. Alan Manevitz, a clinical psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital, heartily disagrees because studies show most suicides take place on Wednesdays.
(Am I the only one that hopes there is no grant money surrounding all of this "science"?)
Manevitz also points out that, here in the States, yesterday was MLK Day and many of people were off of work or school, so there is less likelihood of being depressed on a day off.
So we'll celebrate Blue Tuesday today with Son House, acoustic Blues singer and guitarist.
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