Doctor Shares How The Endless UK Rain Is Impacting Mental Health

He describes it as 'blocked pattern burnout'.

Freelance Life Writer

Not to be the most typical Brit possible but, can you believe the weather we’ve been having? Even by British weather standards, it is absolutely bloody miserable out there and I don’t think I can possibly stomach another day of rain.

Cold weather is my favourite, but rain? All the time? Come on, man. I miss having nice hair outdoors.

I know I’m not alone in this despair. In fact, depression-related searches in the UK have risen by 24% in the past month, with rainfall hitting the nation every day this year.

The Met Office says the bad weather is being caused by a “blocking pattern”, which is when high pressure sits over Scandinavia and stops normal weather systems from moving through the UK, leaving us stuck with ongoing unsettled conditions.

Now, Dr Babak Ashrafi, from Superdrug Online Doctor, says this........

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