Here Comes the Sun...

How intensely can the sun impact our moods? Pretty intensely. I mean, I think at this point, most of us know this, don't we? It's been studied repeatedly. There are diagnoses such as SAD. There is statistical proof that places with more sunshine tend to be "happier" while places with less tend toward depression. None of this is breaking news. So, why do I mention it? Because I think it's interesting (to me...again with the self absorption) that this has a greater effect on me in non-winter months than it does in winter ones. Maybe it's because crap weather during the winter is to be expected? I'm not even sure. What I do know is that last summer was no summer at all, really, and my psyche suffered for it. And I know that so far this April, we've been pretty lucky. But the past couple days were dreary and WHAM! My mood followed. And today, the sun is out and guess what? I feel better. Some of that is coincidental, I'm sure, and some of it is definitely hormonal, but the weather correlation is to exact to be ignored.