Paint it Black

Trilby · 01-24-2006, 08:43 AM

Cliff Arnall, a British psychologist, has pinpointed today, January 24, as the most depressing day of the year (so sayeth the article in Health Magazine anyway. Reasons? Christmas bills are due, low sunlight and busted New Year's resolutions.

Today has an actual reason for sucking! That makes me feel better.

lumberpoet · 01-24-2006, 08:57 AM

sadness has no hands to hold you
misery pretends to know you
pressure only tries to fold you
in this life we all must go through

step away and see the facts
judge you not by feel, but acts
force a smile for all the day
eventually it stays that way

Sundae · 01-24-2006, 09:07 AM

According to our media it was yesterday, so chin up! You're through the worst

From what I remember it's the Monday of the last week in January rather than a specific date. It also takes into account the approximate date of pay for people on monthly salaries, the temperature (coldest time of the year in the UK) and those good old Monday morning back-to-work blues.

Edited to add the actual formula:
Arnall's worst day "formula" is ([W + (D-d)] x TQ) ÷ (M x NA). (W: weather, D: debt, d: money due in January pay, T: time elapsed since Christmas, Q: time since failed New Year's resolutions to quit smoking, drinking etc, M: general motivational levels, NA: the need to take action.)

Elspode · 01-24-2006, 11:50 AM

Oh, good Lord...will Science never give me a break? Now there's an actual formula for calculating my precise level of depression?

Do we have a wrist-slashing smilie anywhere?

wolf · 01-24-2006, 01:31 PM

Well, there's always the instructions ...

Trilby · 01-24-2006, 01:33 PM

oh, wolf! We both know better! Up and DOWN! not side-to-side!

tsk.

wolf · 01-24-2006, 01:47 PM

Righty-o. Across to the hospital, down to the morgue. Very easy to remember.

capnhowdy · 01-24-2006, 06:06 PM

Damn! I could have been depressed had I only known.

itsjulie · 01-24-2006, 09:36 PM

and today is my moms birthday!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2006, 09:42 PM

I'd be depressed but I don't have the strength.

01-24-2006, 10:33 PM

Looks like up from here.

BTW, is it wise to give proper wrist slashing techniques in a thread on depression?

Trilby · 01-25-2006, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marichiko

BTW, is it wise to give proper wrist slashing techniques in a thread on depression?

I feel it's a public service announcement.

monster · 01-26-2006, 08:54 PM

It's OK, you Americans are all safe -it's the weather that adds the extra depression factor for the Brits. Over here the biggest risk is actually around November, but only every fourth year.

01-27-2006, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

Cliff Arnall, a British psychologist, has pinpointed today, January 24, as the most depressing day of the year (so sayeth the article in Health Magazine anyway. Reasons? Christmas bills are due, low sunlight and busted New Year's resolutions.

All this time I thought it was serotonin deficiencies.

Quote:

In the brainstem, the most primitive part of the brain, lie clusters of serotonin neurons. The nerve fiber terminals of the serotonergic neurons extend all throughout the central nervous system from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord. This neurotransmitter is responsible for controlling fundamental physiological aspects of the body. In the central nervous system (CNS), serotonin has widespread and often profound implications, including a role in sleep, appetite, memory, learning, temperature regulation, mood, sexual behavior, cardiovascular function, muscle contraction, and endocrine regulation. Not only does this bioamine control physiological aspects of the body, but it also has an involvement in behaviors like eating, sleeping and aggression. Serotonin has been noted to produce an inhibitory effect on the nervous system that calms, soothes and generates feelings of general contentment and satiation.

Flushes meds, I’m cured.

Cliff Arnall, you are a saint.

01-28-2006, 12:00 AM

I think that possibly I was a little bit hasty in flushing my meds.

01-24-2006, 08:43 AM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Paint it Black Cliff Arnall, a British psychologist, has pinpointed today, January 24, as the most depressing day of the year (so sayeth the article in Health Magazine anyway. Reasons? Christmas bills are due, low sunlight and busted New Year's resolutions. Today has an actual reason for sucking! That makes me feel better. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-24-2006, 08:57 AM	#2
lumberpoet forsooth Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 37	sadness has no hands to hold you misery pretends to know you pressure only tries to fold you in this life we all must go through step away and see the facts judge you not by feel, but acts force a smile for all the day eventually it stays that way __________________ "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest". -William Shakespeare

01-24-2006, 09:07 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	According to our media it was yesterday, so chin up! You're through the worst From what I remember it's the Monday of the last week in January rather than a specific date. It also takes into account the approximate date of pay for people on monthly salaries, the temperature (coldest time of the year in the UK) and those good old Monday morning back-to-work blues. Edited to add the actual formula: Arnall's worst day "formula" is ([W + (D-d)] x TQ) ÷ (M x NA). (W: weather, D: debt, d: money due in January pay, T: time elapsed since Christmas, Q: time since failed New Year's resolutions to quit smoking, drinking etc, M: general motivational levels, NA: the need to take action.) Last edited by Sundae; 01-24-2006 at 09:10 AM.

01-24-2006, 11:50 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Oh, good Lord...will Science never give me a break? Now there's an actual formula for calculating my precise level of depression? Do we have a wrist-slashing smilie anywhere? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-24-2006, 01:31 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Well, there's always the instructions ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-24-2006, 01:33 PM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	oh, wolf! We both know better! Up and DOWN! not side-to-side! tsk. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-24-2006, 01:47 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Righty-o. Across to the hospital, down to the morgue. Very easy to remember. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-24-2006, 06:06 PM	#8
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Damn! I could have been depressed had I only known. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please. Last edited by capnhowdy; 01-24-2006 at 06:06 PM. Reason: sp

01-24-2006, 09:36 PM	#9
itsjulie Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 190	and today is my moms birthday!!! __________________ I like to know stuff!

01-24-2006, 09:42 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'd be depressed but I don't have the strength. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2006, 10:33 PM	#11
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Looks like up from here. BTW, is it wise to give proper wrist slashing techniques in a thread on depression?

01-26-2006, 08:54 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It's OK, you Americans are all safe -it's the weather that adds the extra depression factor for the Brits. Over here the biggest risk is actually around November, but only every fourth year. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-28-2006, 12:00 AM	#15
dov Guest Posts: n/a	I think that possibly I was a little bit hasty in flushing my meds.

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