It is dark and cold. Julegodterne is eaten, and the christmas parties are over. Each other think January is the toughest month to get through, according to a new YouGov survey carried out on behalf of the Krifa.
– There is someone who is particularly sensitive to the season, and as winter-weary or vinterdeprimerende. The obvious explanation is the weather and the light, and how it affects people. Because of the cold we go out, and it can also mean that you are less social or physically active, says assistant professor of general psychology at Aalborg University Sarah Hassan Awad.
– another reason can be that January comes right after christmas. January can seem quiet and lonely when it stands in contrast to december, which is full of fun and social activities. And then there are those who had a lonely christmas. That may the sad thoughts and reflections affect the us in January, says Sarah Hassan Awad.
Not one has chosen January as its yndlingsmåned. The title of winner of July with 25 percent of the vote.
While there are still a few days left of the year’s harshest month, January-haters take comfort, that this year’s worst day is over.
The british psychologist Cliff Arnall invented a formula to calculate the worst day of the year, and the result is that it is the third Monday in the year’s first month. In the year dropped this thus the 21. January.
Erhvervspsykologen Rasmus Højbæk from Krifa, which is behind the study, comes among other things with the following advice to get through the cold month; the drop ”new year, new me”.
– don’t Let unrealistic new year’s resolution to dictate your actions in January. To change the persistent habits rarely happens from day to day. It requires time and energy, he writes in the press release.
Also an assistant professor of general psychology at Aalborg University Sarah Hassan Awad has some good advice.
– A good advice is to exercise because it releases endorphins in the body – a hormone which helps our brain to secrete positive substances for the positive thoughts. Another good advice is to make arrangements indoors with friends and family, so you do not go around and is alone.
Michael Andreasen/Photo: Henning Hjorth
– What do you think of January?
– January is long and dark, and then there is little problem with children and sleep. They slept long into the holidays, and now we must get up early, says Michael Andreasen.
– I make a morning start, where I say to myself: today will be a good day. It is purely mentally, and actually, I think it works.
Ann Larsen/Photo: Henning Hjorth
– What do you think of January?
– I have a birthday in January, but has nevertheless always think that it is a long month and a dark month, says Ann Larsen.
– It is a question of coziness within. And so you might turn on more lights, so it does not seem so dark.
Amjad Khan/Photo: Henning Hjorth
– What do you think of January?
– It’s harder to get up in the morning because it is dark, and you have just had christmas, says Amjad Khan.
– There will be months that are harder to get through than others, but you must just take it as it is.
Camilla The Technologies/Photo: Henning Hjorth
– What do you think of January?
I have lived in Australia for the last four years, and that January is high summer, where you go on the beach. In denmark, this is a wildly depressing month with the dark, rain and cold, says Camilla The Technologies.
Tag to Australia. Take out and and travel. Or turn on some candles at home.
Patrick Rischel/Photo: Henning Hjorth
– What do you think of January?
– I think January is long and cold and the animals. There are many bills in January in the form of tax payments and quotas, says Patrick Rischel.
– You have to take one day at a time.
Jacob Kofler/Photo: Henning Hjorth
– What do you think of January?
January is absolutely terrible. It is dark and depressing and comes after december, where it has spent all its money. In addition, I work freelance in TV, and there is not so much work in the month of January, says Jacob Kofler.
– Travel away.
