Title: Does the weather affect your mood? How? | Yahoo Answers
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Does the weather affect your mood? How?
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It is not the weather exactly what may affect your mood, but the amount of natural light you get during the day. Being in the sunlight can definitely make you feel happier, while gloomy, dark days may have a tendency to make you feel a bit moody or gloomy yourself. However, the fact that a day is rainy or cloudy should not alter you too much -at least not for too long-. It is the prolonged lack of sunlight that can cause depression and serious psychological conditions, not the random rainy day. This is the reason people in northern countries (Sweden, as an example), where winters are very long, and the sun barely shines during the day; have such high incidence of depression and suicide. If you feel winters are too long in your area, or you feel depressed during this particular season, try to take your holidays at that time, and travel somewhere sunny. Even escaping winter for a week, will lighten your mood and make you feel better. If you think you may get a more serious depression from a long winter, consider visiting a psychiatrist or psychologist, and getting professional advice.