Summary
IT's Monday morning in the middle of winter. You're broke after Christmas and the January sales and in need of a pay rise. Your latest attempt to give up smoking has gone up in smoke and your get up and go has got up and gone. It's official - today is the most miserable day of the year. Or so says to Dr Cliff Arnall, a lecturer at Cardiff University's centre for lifelong learning and an expert on seasonal depression, who has come up with an equation W + (D-d) x TQ /MxNA which calculates that 21 January is the "most depressing day of the year." W stands for weather; D for debt levels; d for your salary; T is time since Christmas; Q is the amount of time since you last failed to quit smoking; M is your low motivational levels and NA is the need to take action.
"Following the initial thrill of New Year celebrations and turning over a new leaf, reality starts to sink in," Dr Arnall said. "The realisation coincides with the dark clouds rolling in and the need to pay off Christmas credit card bills."See the full content of this document
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W+(D-D)Xtq/Mxna= Best Stay in Bed Today
But don't despair. The Scotsman has drummed up a panel of experts to help you look after yourself and get through this darkest of days.
Head for the mountains, go see a great film, treat yourself to a mug of hot chocolate or simply spend the day in bed.Whatever you choose, just remember, by tomorrow things can only get better.1CHRISTINE WEBBER psychotherapist and author of How To Mend A Broken Heart (www.christinewebber.com)"Record five happy or contented moments in...See the full content of this document
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