[Dion]

It's Blue Monday, an ill-reputed date that has been dubbed "the most depressing day of the year."

The theory stretches back to 2005 when psychologist Cliff Arnall was asked to figure out the most miserable day of the year.

Using an elaborate math formula, he came up with the third Monday in January – as if Mondays weren't demonized enough already.

Arnall reasoned that Blue Monday is the day when a slew of unpleasant variables such as drab weather, failing New Year's resolutions and Christmas bills collide, creating a veritable maelstrom of negativity.

"Motivational levels also tend to be quite low at this time of year," Arnall told CTV's Canada AM last Blue Monday.

"You've got something called the 'hibernation effect,' when people tend to be more lethargic, they eat more than they really need."

Is this the most depressing day or merely junk science?

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