15/01/2024
Blue Monday is a PR stunt that was originally dreamed up to sell holidays.
It is a myth, a false calculation based on things like the gloomy weather, post-Christmas debt, disappointment from not keeping New Year’s resolutions, dissatisfaction about going back to work and general doom and gloom.
We should not just be thinking about our mental health on 18th January this year, but on every day of the year. Depression and other mental health problems last for more than a day. And mental health problems can affect people in different ways on any day of the year.