Blue Monday? Some say third Monday of January is most depressing day of the year [Video]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Infamously known as “Blue Monday,” the third Monday of January is regarded as the most depressing day of the year.

The term gained traction in 2005 by a travel company that was capitalizing on the best time for travelers to book getaway trips. Then, a psychologist came up with a formula, using factors like post-holiday blues and failed New Year’s resolutions, to define “Blue Monday.”

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“For a lot of us in the field, there’s more skepticism because how do you come up with a formula like that? How do you boil it down to this day for everybody in the world living at different places, dealing with different things,” said Dr. Douglas Misquitta, a psychiatrist with Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Still, Misquitta said there could be some truth to the theory.

“I …