Why a Bad Weather Affects Our Mood
Seasonal Affective Disorder, Explained.
Rainy days can suck.
Especially if it’s not the kind that makes you want to snuggle up, cozy, with a good book/movie and maybe even a someone.
But generally, gloomy weather tends to colour our moods.
It’s the way a bright blue sky, sunlight peeking through, makes me so happy as though I was colour-blind in another life.
Perhaps, jokingly, once or twice, I’ve wondered if people dealing with a cooler climate are more temperate.
But is this scientific? Does the weather alter our moods? And if it does, what can we do about it?
First things first.
What is a mood? What mediates it? And what affects it?
Although hard to define, the mood is generally a subjective, long-lasting (when compared to fleeting emotions) and non-specific feeling.
There are different factors that affect our moods – sleep, diet, environment.
Of the brain chemical involved in modulating moods, the most notable is serotonin…
