| Do you ever find yourself easily agitated when the | | | | sunlight. What happens is your body's internal clock |
| weather temperatures sky rocket? Or better yet, do | | | | goes out of sync and it upsets the body's routine. |
| you ever feel melancholy, fatigued, or even depressed | | | | Some of the symptoms of SAD include: depression, |
| when it's cold and rainy outside? I'm sure that many of | | | | sadness, fatigue, sleeping too much, loss of appetite, |
| us have experienced some of these feelings at one | | | | increase in appetite (particularly carbohydrates), |
| time or another. So is the weather actually responsible | | | | increase in weight, decrease in activity, apathy and |
| for our prompt mood changes? | | | | irritability. There are certainly a lot of facts which do in |
| Although the answer to that question is not one | | | | fact point to a strong correlation between the weather |
| hundred percent certain, there are a few studies which | | | | and our mood. So is there anything that we can do in |
| confirm that the weather does in fact have an impact | | | | order to improve how we feel during these climate |
| on our mood. One such study proved that long periods | | | | changes. Well one way to deal with the weather |
| of high temperatures increase the amount of crime. It | | | | changes is to look at the up-side. For instance, when |
| seems that during hot weather, people are a lot more | | | | the weather is hot, you should rejoice in the fact that |
| irritable and hostile. Several studies show a strong | | | | it's sunny and beautiful. Go for a breezy beach walk or |
| correlation between us and the climate. | | | | embark upon some water activities. And when the |
| Another way that it has proven how the weather | | | | weather is gloomy or rainy, think of all of the things |
| impacts the mood is through a condition called SAD. | | | | that you had always wanted to do at home. Work on |
| Seasonal Affective Disorder (or SAD) is a condition | | | | a painting or play some board games with your kids. |
| which is characterized by depression during the winter | | | | Simply don't let the weather ruin your mood. |
| months. The main cause of this condition is lack of | | | | |