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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Gemma Mullin & Ariane Sohrabi-Shiraz

Is Blue Monday real? The 'science' behind the most depressing day of the year

We may have just had the most wonderful time of the year but it's almost time for what's branded the most miserable.

The third Monday in January is commonly known as Blue Monday and this year it falls today, on the 17th.

It's supposedly the most depressing day of the year, due to a combination of combination of the weather, debt problems, low motivation, a return to work after Christmas and abandoned New Year resolutions.

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