You may have a bad mood when encountering bad weather!

Do you have a very familiar feeling? Every morning when you go to work or go to school, you will be affected by the outdoor weather. As long as the sky is clear and the sun is shining, your mood will become cheerful and energetic; But if you encounter a cloudy or rainy day, your whole mood will become gloomy, and even your motivation to go out will be reduced by half. Seasonal affective disorder can cause symptoms of depression in autumn and winter.

In fact, the effect of weather on mood is not just an abstract feeling, but may also be a symptom of a disease. In medicine, there is a psychological disease called "Seasonal Affective Disorder" (SAD), also called seasonal depression, which is a disease of emotional imbalance. Patients are normal in spring and summer, but will show symptoms of depression in autumn and winter.

"Seasonal Affective Disorder" is closely related to sunlight. There are few SAD incidence records in countries near the equator, but it occurs north of 30° north latitude or south of 30° south latitude. In areas where SAD has a certain incidence rate. Especially during long cloudy days, the symptoms of SAD will be aggravated. People living in the Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle are particularly susceptible to the effects of SAD because they are in a state of polar night for half a year and cannot be exposed to sunlight. Research shows that good or bad weather really affects people's mood

? How much influence does bad weather have on human mood? Many teams and scholars have conducted research over the past few decades, and the results have shown that the weather Good or bad will indeed have a considerable impact on people's emotions.

A 2005 study published in the Journal of Psychological Science tracked a total of 605 subjects in three studies and found that in comfortable weather, such as higher temperatures, When it is sunny and bright, people will be in a better mood, have better memory, and be willing to spend more time outdoors.

Pushing the time forward to 1974, a survey conducted by a Swiss research team targeted 16,000 students in a city in northwest Switzerland and found that 18% of boys and 29% of girls had negative reactions to bad weather conditions, with symptoms including irritability, irritability, fatigue and headaches.

Another research report published in the "British Journal of Psychology" in 1984 observed 24 men for 11 days and found that the humidity, temperature, and length of sunlight , has a great impact on their mood. In terms of humidity, research reports show that high humidity can reduce people's concentration, increase people's fatigue, and may even reduce self-confidence and self-focus. Good or bad weather will cause different endocrine reactions in humans

From a physiological point of view, when the sun shines on the human body, the skin will produce vitamin D3, which can promote the brain to produce more serotonin and Dopamine, which makes people feel happy and more relaxed.

The pineal gland in the brain secretes two substances, melatonin and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). Normally, these two substances are in a state of dynamic balance, but if the weather is cloudy or rainy, , the secretion of melatonin will increase, while the secretion of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), which regulates emotions, will decrease. This endocrine fluctuation will cause people to have mood swings and become irritable and irritable.

It is worth mentioning that rainy days lacking sunshine will cause people's serotonin to drop, which will increase the desire for carbohydrates. In bad weather, people often want to eat high-calorie foods. , increase the chance of obesity, and make the figure become another victim of bad weather and bad mood. Are you a "highly sensitive" person who is affected by the weather?

If you are a person whose mood is affected by good or bad weather, you can be classified as a "highly sensitive" group of people defined by Elaine Aron, a well-known American psychology authority, and his research It is found that about 15% to 20% of people are highly sensitive. When these people encounter weather changes, they will be more sensitive than others.

I wonder if you belong to this special 15% to 20% group?