Blue Monday originated from a publicity stunt, but seasonal affective disorder is a real affliction that affects millions of people. There are ways to treat it.

As the winter chill deepens and the skies take on a perpetual gray hue, many Canadians find themselves struggling with seasonal affective disorder. Blue Monday — the "most depressing day of the year" — is looming on the horizon, and it's important to know how to navigate the emotional challenges that accompany this season.

Cue the New Order, you sad sacks — the gloomiest day of the year is upon us. According to some, a combination of post-holiday come-down, resolution failure, financial reckoning, and the long nights of winter conspire to make the third Monday in January the most depressing day of the year.

The third Monday of each January has been dubbed "Blue Monday," known as the most depressing day of the year. But is this actually the case?

Struggling with feeling low, irritable, unproductive and moody? The January Blues may be to blame

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Lone Helle has not seen the sun rise above the horizon since November. The 41-year-old lives in Tromsø, a Norwegian city 350 kilometres above the arctic circle, where for around two months of the winter,

Dubai: It was the third Monday of January yesterday (January 20), the so-called Blue Monday. Considered the most depressing day of the year in some parts of the world, Blue Monday as a term was coined by a UK-based travel company in 2005.

OPINION: Seasonal affective disorder is referred to by the NHS as "winter depression" – The Christmas glow has faded, spring is miles away and the Guinness shortage is still barring my efforts to forg