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Mental Health Does the weather affect your mood?

When the suns out everything is brighter,more definition and clarity. 22-27 degrees is best with a slight breeze.
 
speaking for my brother who was in Air Force boot camp in Texas last summer, where temps got up to 106 degrees some days, plus he had to dress in full chem gear, body armor, helmet, carrying weapons and trek through the desert for like a week. and he was down there for 8 weeks total through the worst of the summer
in that heat
i imagine that affected his mood
 
hi all new in here, when it is sunny I do feel happier, but I also love warm nights when it is a light shower, I don't like windy weather no matter what that depresses me and cold weather especially when there is ice or snow about yuck so I am looking forward to warmer days
 
It's all windy and rainy and shit today. But, although it affected my decision to sleep in, I feel better having done so.

Perhaps it is all in one's mind, due to what ever extenuating circumstances are external to the internal?

I suppose I could have got out of bed early and gone and ran around in the rain and wind with a smile on my face. But instead I rested and woke up slowly.

It may be a human thing. I don't see my dog getting all sad about it raining. Although, he does freak out when there's a storm cranking outside.
 
I never really noticed the weather affecting my mood until this year. It has probably always been so, it just took me this long to make that connection. Where I live we experience all seasons, and the winter definitely has me feeling more down so then usual. The freezing cold, the grayness of it all. It can also be quite beautiful. During the fall everything dies. The leaves turn and show that beauty exists in death as well. I enjoy snow but only for a little bit. After a month or so I am longing for the spring. For the freeze to melt and life to sprout up once again from the livened earth. Warmth and sunlight is what puts me in the best of moods. Something so nostalgic about the summer time. Makes me the happiest :)
 
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Times do seem to be much better when the weather is nice. Perhaps it has something to do with our oneness with nature and each other. Positive vibrations and the warmth the sun brings to our hearts. We are creatures of the earth. Connecting with nature seems to be a good starting point at least for myself.
 
Hmmm. Yes, I do get a sense of revolving around the sun when it is up high in the sky, with no clouds to clock it, and I enjoy that feeling immensely.

Being at work, it doesn't make much of a difference, except I have to process more variations for construction companies when it has been raining, which is a drag.

I guess it depends on one's circumstances, as well. I don't gave much time to feel about the weather at work, merely to think about its affect on projects I am working on.

When it comes to the weekend, rain often leads to cuddling all morning. Sun leads to early starts and whinging from my partner of "take me to the beach."

Having another, to share the weather with, is always a benefit, though, in my mind.
 
On full moons i notcied a huge effect on peoples mood some more happy then usuall others more aggressive......in fact police reports indicate that on full moons there is more domestic violence and arrests......rain makes me a tired person and other times happy for some odd reason......
 
Hell yes. I get really depressed in the winter. And when it hits spring I always feel more confident.
 
^ I feel you on the confidence boost I was feeling great today at work and it was remarkable outside. Rain can make me sad sometimes...but there is nothing like a good old thunderstorm in the summer time :) night time as well for ultimate relaxation.
 
Rain makes me incredibly depressed, snow does as well but to a lesser degree. I really enjoyed today although it was very windy (30-40mph) but sunny and 90 degrees felt damn good. :D
 
Very much so. I find when it starts towards spring and the sun starts shining I get a really odd mix of severe melancholia and joy, quite uncomfortable. By the end of winter (UK) I don't realise just how much my mood has dipped until the sun starts shining again. My mental health is still something i am struggling to get a handle on and it's been this way for years. Drugs are a plaster I put on the feelings I can't understand or attach words to and the weather definitely exaggerates this.
 
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