WHEN YOU WERE BORN AFFECTS YOUR MOOD

(Oct 2014) Scientists now say that the season when you are born affects your mood later in life. Researchers in Budapest say babies born in the summer are much more likely to suffer from mood swings when they grow up while those born in the winter are less likely to become irritable adults. The researchers, from the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, studied 400 people and matched their personality type to when in the year they were born. They claim that people born at certain times of the year have a far greater chance of developing certain types of temperaments, which can lead to mood disorders. The reason is the seasons have an influence on certain monoamine neurotransmitters, such as dopamine and serotonin, which control mood. They discovered that:
– The number of people with a “cyclothymic” temperament, characterized by rapid, frequent swings between sad and cheerful moods, was significantly higher in those born in the summer.
– Those with a hyperthymic temperament, a tendency to be excessively positive, was significantly higher among those born in the spring and summer.
– Those born in the autumn were less likely to be depressive.
– Those born in winter were less likely to be irritable.
The scientists, however, say more research (*cough* money *cough*) was needed to find out why they got these results.
* Aw, man, and they just gave out the Nobel Prize for Science, too.
* Let’s take two completely disparate things, study them, and find a correlation: mowed lawns and applesauce. Shyness and pants. Fingernail growth and carpeting.
* Guys, bring this up with your wife tonight at dinner.
* Be sure to say, “Honey, you were born in February, you’re not supposed to be this moody.”
* “Not tonight, honey. It’s August.”