I have a strange obsession with the weather. I have not one, but two weather app's on my iphone and weather.com is first in my bookmark bar on my MacBook.
Interestingly, this weather obsession is something people close to me are aware of....
For instance when my neighbor got her new flat screen TV (hooked up to netflix) she immediately let me know that there is a 24 hour a day streaming weather channel! How sweet is that?
Anyway, due to my weather obsession,
I thought I would share some cool weather stuff today :)
Is mood linked to weather?
Everyone has heard the tale that your mood is linked to the weather, and that there is a higher likelihood of depression in the winter months in comparison to summer months.... However, the actual research conducted on this topic is limited. There have only been a small number of studies which have produced inconsistent results....
Interestingly, this weather-mood myth may not be true!
A recent study published in Psychiatry Research disputes this myth. The study was conducted online an included almost 14,500 participants. The results found no link between mood weather!
This does not dispute the existence of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), in which certain individuals experience Major Depressive symptoms more often during certain times of of the year. However, it does urge psychologists to further investigate the supposed link between season and mood.
City without Seasons:
This city in Columbia has NO seasons! It's essentially spring ALL year round!
Crazy.... Although we barely have seasons here in sunny San Diego, you can tell the difference between summer and winter!
Perhaps they should measure the rate of depression there?
-S.G