{"id":2414,"date":"2024-03-19T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:33:22","slug":"why-does-cloudy-weather-make-me-feel-tired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=2414","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Cloudy Weather Make Me Feel Tired?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Q: I tend to feel more tired than usual when it\u2019s cloudy or rainy. Why is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re feeling tired on an overcast day, it could be for any number of reasons, experts say. Maybe it\u2019s because you\u2019re lounging around at home and not as active as you usually are. Or maybe the change in atmospheric pressure is causing a headache<\/a> or other aches and pains<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or perhaps, said Dr. Alfred J. Lewy, a professor emeritus of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University, it\u2019s because of something else going on in your body that experts don\u2019t fully understand.<\/p>\n

The truth is, scientists don\u2019t know how \u2014 or even if \u2014 daily weather changes like the occasional overcast day can influence energy levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a mess to study,\u201d said Kelly Rohan, a professor of psychological science and a clinical psychologist at the University of Vermont. And research on the topic is sparse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Not everyone has the same response to the weather<\/a>, the experts said. Some people hate the rain or are especially sensitive to a lack of sunlight, while others cannot stand a sweltering summer day.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>We\u2019d love to say there\u2019s an easy answer, but there just isn\u2019t,\u201d said Dr. Paul H. Desan, a psychiatrist and director of the Winter Depression Research Clinic <\/strong>at the Yale School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

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Q: I tend to feel more tired than usual when it\u2019s cloudy or rainy. Why is that?If you\u2019re feeling tired on an overcast day, it could be for any number of reasons, experts say. Maybe it\u2019s because you\u2019re lounging around at home and not as active as you usually are. Or maybe the change in atmospheric pressure is causing a headache or other aches and pains.Or perhaps, said Dr. Alfred J. Lewy, a professor emeritus of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University, it\u2019s because of something else going on in your body that experts don\u2019t fully understand.The truth is, scientists don\u2019t know how \u2014 or even if \u2014 daily weather changes like the occasional overcast day can influence energy levels.\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a mess to study,\u201d said Kelly Rohan, a professor of psychological science and a clinical psychologist at the University of Vermont. And research on the topic is sparse.Not everyone has the same response to the weather, the experts said. Some people hate the rain or are especially sensitive to a lack of sunlight, while others cannot stand a sweltering summer day.\u201cWe\u2019d love to say there\u2019s an easy answer, but there just isn\u2019t,\u201d said Dr. Paul H. Desan, a psychiatrist and director of the Winter Depression Research Clinic at the Yale School of Medicine.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2416,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions\/2417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}