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Dr. Sulata Shenoy | Phone 📞 74838 99538 & 080-41210399(Online & in-person appointment can be booked online or by call) | Registration No: A07992 Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), 2014 | Consultant Psychologist | Turning Point Psychological Centre Jayanagar, Bengaluru
Nowadays there is a lot of talk about whether climatic changes and its effect on the mind and the body. So we see a lot of researchers done, a lot of studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between weather conditions and not only our physical health but also our mental health. Now how does this happen this is because we have seen that there are so rapid and so extreme changes that are happening in our weather conditions that both our minds and bodies find it difficult to adapt and not only that it's highly unpredictable. Earlier the monsoons had a set date in a calendar nowadays. We cannot even predict that it will come in the same month. So all these causes some kind of disturbance for people and there is a new term that has been coined which is called Ecoanxiety that is how weather and climatic changes can cause or precipitate anxiety in us. Now let us take for example we are living in sunny climates mostly throughout India and you will find that this can impact a lot on one's mental health. So if you look at it when you go out in the sun when you are out the whole day in the sweltering heat and you come back you are normally not calm and at peace you are very irritable you are irritable you have a short fuse your tempers are known to rise and infact aggression has been linked to such weather conditions. So it's very easy for people to get triggered very easy for people to lose their temper in such climates. So it was our ancestral habits to greet people as soon as they come into the house in summer with either cool water or a glass of buttermilk or you know water to wash the face which I think had a immediate cooling effect and impact on the person both in body as well as in mind and what about extreme winters? Now we are seeing that both Winters and Summers the temperatures are shooting up or coming down drastically and in cold lands or cold countries there is what is called called the term seasonal affective disorder effective meaning relating to mood. So a lot of research has shown that people from cold climates are typically in depression in the winter months and this has a lot to do with our biological need for sunlight and to see natural light and greenery around us whereas you all you would see is probably snow and darkness this is a very common in very cold climates and similarly in Monsoon or rain being cooped up at home in fact in certain coastal districts it could probably rain day and night continuously in which case you are not able to leave the house this could definitely impact your mental health and not only that create a lot of worry especially for Farmers or for school going children or for people in business or people who just normally want to carry out their day-to-day activities.So weather has a very important role on our preparation of daily life both physically and mentally now how would you get over that now one has no control over the weather the weather gods have decided whether it's going to rain it's going to be sunny hot cold etc. The only way we can deal with the situation is to build up resilience psychologically and physically. So keeping yourself physically fit having a good diet good exercise even if you're housebound because of weather conditions you should have a proper exercise regimen throughout the year not depending on okay today I can't go for my walk so I'm going to sit at home and binge on my TV. That will make your body and mind condition worse. So having good diet exercise as well as positive thinking mindfulness social networking volunteering. So all these things and nowadays thanks to technology we can also like even if you're housebound for some reason you can reach out to others via the telephone internet etc. So there are many ways but we should think of how we can combat the adverse effects of weather over which we have very little control as individuals.


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