Why couples split up when weather warms up
Chelsea Ritschel TIMES OF INDIA 16.03.2018
As the weather warms up and the sun stays out later, spring isn’t the only thing just around the corner — the end of your relationship could be as well.
The spring months mark the beginning of “uncuffing season” — the time of year when relationships formed during the cold lonely winter months come to an end.
Urban Dictionary defines “uncuffing season” as: “During spring and summer when people who were in relationships during the winter break up with their partners to be free for the summer so you can play the field and not be tied down.”
The phenomenon is apparently the antithesis of cuffing season — the time of year people enter into relationships as a way of staving off the boredom and depression that comes with winter.
According to psychologist and social worker Dr Danielle Forshee, the decrease in sunlight during winter and the increase during summer has something to do with the increase in warmweather break-ups.
She told ‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine that cuffing season occurs because “There’s a decrease in sunlight, and the body is producing more melatonin, a hormone that responds to darkness and makes you tired, and producing less serotonin, the neurotransmitter that makes us feel happy and good.”
But “as the sunlight comes out more, the brain produces less melatonin and more serotonin, making you feel happier, you may not feel such a need to be around someone else to provide that sense of security and happiness,” she said. THE INDEPENDENT
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Chelsea Ritschel TIMES OF INDIA 16.03.2018
As the weather warms up and the sun stays out later, spring isn’t the only thing just around the corner — the end of your relationship could be as well.
The spring months mark the beginning of “uncuffing season” — the time of year when relationships formed during the cold lonely winter months come to an end.
Urban Dictionary defines “uncuffing season” as: “During spring and summer when people who were in relationships during the winter break up with their partners to be free for the summer so you can play the field and not be tied down.”
The phenomenon is apparently the antithesis of cuffing season — the time of year people enter into relationships as a way of staving off the boredom and depression that comes with winter.
According to psychologist and social worker Dr Danielle Forshee, the decrease in sunlight during winter and the increase during summer has something to do with the increase in warmweather break-ups.
She told ‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine that cuffing season occurs because “There’s a decrease in sunlight, and the body is producing more melatonin, a hormone that responds to darkness and makes you tired, and producing less serotonin, the neurotransmitter that makes us feel happy and good.”
But “as the sunlight comes out more, the brain produces less melatonin and more serotonin, making you feel happier, you may not feel such a need to be around someone else to provide that sense of security and happiness,” she said. THE INDEPENDENT
SHORT-TERM GOALS
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