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BODGER: Blue Monday is bogus, stop looking for reasons to be sad

ThereB次元官网网址檚 no evidence one day should be the saddest compared to any other
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Kathi Diewert of Chemainus captures many interesting nature shots around the Island. No matter what it looks like outside, thereB次元官网网址檚 no sense in creating any false sadness on so-called Blue Monday and beyond. (Photo by Kathi Diewert)

LetB次元官网网址檚 face it, humans are gullible. We can be talked into believing almost anything.

Someone decided the third Monday of January should be the saddest day of the year and so many of us just go along with it as being a fact.

That occurred on Jan. 16, so-called Blue Monday, and most people were surely feeling down in the dumps that day because thatB次元官网网址檚 the way it was supposed to be.

Why? As much as we talk about mental health so much these days, letting these concepts sink into our heads isnB次元官网网址檛 going to do anyone any good.

A positive attitude to overcome all the negative emotions starts with each individual. If we want to feel horrible because some person said thatB次元官网网址檚 the thing we should be doing, then thatB次元官网网址檚 exactly what will happen.

If we decide to make the best of some gloomy days in January and maintain a positive outlook, then weB次元官网网址檒l all probably feel a lot better.

In other words, itB次元官网网址檚 mostly all in our heads. We can do something about it, people, by giving ourselves a wake-up call, rather than sinking into sadness all in the name of some fabricated day.

The existence of Blue Monday is somewhat bogus anyway, since it was created by a United Kingdom travel company thatB次元官网网址檚 no longer in existence. Then a Welsh psychologist got into it and, voila, weB次元官网网址檙e all on board.

Supposedly, the concerns to get you down are all about the time of the year since Christmas, weather, debt, the New YearB次元官网网址檚 resolutions that have already failed, etc.

Fortunately, numerous psychologists are downplaying the concept as not based on any fact-based research.

Tying all these thoughts and circumstances to just one day is ridiculous anyway. Does that mean the skies suddenly brighten and all is well as of Jan. 17 or are we now into the same depressing feelings throughout the week? Where does it all end?

The bottom line is donB次元官网网址檛 let yourself be subjected to these types of concepts as being significant.

The media could play a huge role by simply not giving it any prominence, but that hasnB次元官网网址檛 happened yet, with extensive interviews about it still being the norm.



Don Bodger

About the Author: Don Bodger

I've been a part of the newspaper industry since 1980 when I began on a part-time basis covering sports for the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle.
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