If these weather-related disorders exist, could there be a scientific explanation for rain positively affecting mental health? The lesser known reverse of seasonal affective disorder refers to feeling depressed during the brighter summer months. Major depressive disorder with seasonal pattern (formerly known as seasonal affective disorder or SAD) causes depression symptoms in some people during the gloomy winter months. I read these threads with my nose close to the screen, feeling as though I have found my people. There are mini communities of people all over the internet who experience rain as an antidote to their anxiety and depression. I never have enough time to do all the things the sun means I’m supposed to do - be productive, go camping, hike as much as I should.”Īnd it isn’t just us. “It’s blasphemy to say what I’m about to say but I don’t love ,” she says. Her and I also share a complicated relationship with sunny weather. And so I never get to that point of depression.” “My anxiety is often a build-up to depression,” she says. adults, experiences anxiety and depression. We’ve been friends for a while but it wasn’t until recently that we discovered we both love the rain. I share this affection with my friend Renee Reed. As an adult, I’m burdened by impulsivity and I often exhaust myself ruminating.īut when it rains, my busy mind finds calm. At 14, I spent every night for a year lying wide awake in bed anticipating a catastrophic earthquake that never came. For as long as I can remember I’ve been a nervous wreck.
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