Mondays can be tough – but Blue Monday apparently switches it up a notch. The third Monday of January is supposedly the ‘most depressing day of the year’, often referred to as Blue Monday. However, it ...

How does it feel to have the best-selling 12-inch single of all time? Ask New Order, and they'll tell you just how they feel (probably sore, since they ended up losing money). In the first few years ...

But what is Blue Monday and is it based on real data or science? “This has no clinical basis whatsoever,” Christine Crawford, MD, MPH, associate medical director of the National Alliance on Mental ...

For many people, January is considered the most miserable month of the year, but according to headlines, there is one day that is the most depressing of all. Blue Monday, dubbed the saddest day of the ...

Mon, January 19, 2026 at 1:40 AM UTC 4. "Monday, the start of a new week, with brand-new opportunities to enjoy all that life has to offer." — Audrey Carlan 5. "Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the ...

“Blue Monday” in 2026 is on Jan. 19 -- it’s also known as one of the most depressing days of the year. It typically falls on the third Monday in January. By now, a lot of people have given up on their ...

“This has no clinical basis whatsoever,” Christine Crawford, MD, MPH, associate medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness tells TODAY.com in a phone interview. In fact, the idea of ...