Are you getting mood swings too often in the rains? Is the dim weather making you feel dull? Blame it on the rains. Winter blues are old, monsoon blues are the new thing now! However, experts believe the SAD (seasonal affective disorder) syndrome is more restricted to the sluggish winter season.
Psychiatrists in Mumbai admit that cases of mood swings and depression are not uncommon in the city during the monsoon. While in the West, SAD is prevalent in winter when the sun is usually in hiding, mood swings because of weather have their share in the monsoon season.
While a bright sunny day may make you feel energetic if not too cheerful, the monsoon means the body clock changes and you feel like sleeping a lot. You also indulge in over eating or sometimes completely lose appetite.
“I had to travel to Mumbai in the monsoon season for an office project for three days. The continuous rains in the city had begun to make me so lethargic. The moronic weather of grey skies and rains all day made me crave for sunlight so badly. The constant drizzle was annoying”, talks a Delhi based IT professional.
A study published in a journal called Emotion investigated has revealed that a particular weather could indeed bring changes in the mood of people and also that ‘weather reactivity’ may run in the family.
But don’t worry; here are a number of things like listening to music, watching movies, eating a balanced diet and doing yoga or aerobics that will help keep your spirits high.
