Hello Darkness, My Old Friend

Why your brain is so SAD

Image: Fertnig/Getty

This is a modified excerpt from Inside Your Head 🧠, a weekly newsletter exploring why your brain makes you think, feel, and act the way you do, written by me, Elemental’s senior writer and a former brain scientist. Subscribe here so you won’t miss the next one.

I’ve been feeling a little sad lately. I’ve never been a winter person, but this…