“The first aspect is biochemical.
Short daylight hours, lack of sun, lack of vitamins, it happens to everyone, and depression is not for everyone - it means that this is not a 100% factor that affects people.
Why does it affect some and not others?
Because, in addition to chemistry, we have cognitive causes of stress - these are our assessments of what is happening, ”said the psychologist.
He mentioned the concept of blue monday - "sad Monday", when "several factors are added that a person evaluates as negative."
“The holidays are over, during these holidays a person most often drank, ate too much instead of doing something useful and interesting, the salary is usually paid at the beginning of the month, and then you have to wait for it, loan payments arrive in time.
Plus, the failure to fulfill the promises given to oneself for the new year.
Such circumstances are most often assessed by people as negative.
If the ratings are negative, then the person suffers emotionally, ”the interlocutor of RT explained.
According to him, it is important to change the assessment of all these factors, given that if there are no external obstacles, most people have internal obstacles to fulfilling certain promises.
“People do not take these internal factors into account.
They think that since they promised themselves something, they must fulfill it - and nothing can stop them: since there are no external obstacles, there are no walls - go.
What about fear?
This is also an obstacle, only internal.
You need to get away from “I didn’t keep my promise, this is bad” and evaluate it like this: “I didn’t keep my promise – this is different, not the way I want.”
"Different" and "bad" are two different things.
If a person gets used to such a wording, it will become easier for him, ”Khors concluded.
Earlier, Irina Babkina, a medical psychologist at the Center for Public Health and Medical Prevention of the Krasnodar Territory, told how to deal with panic attacks.