Source: https://scotscoop.com/stormy-weather-stormy-minds/

The rain pounds against the roof and the windows, surrounding the house. It’s only midday but it’s dark outside, and the wind howls. Anna Romanovsky, a Carlmont sophomore, lays curled on her bed, huddled under a blanket, not wanting to go outside.

She watches the storm through the window, sipping hot chocolate with the TV playing in the background. Separated from her friends by walls of water, Romanovsky can do nothing but wait for the storm to end.

“I feel like during the winter, the mood is just so depressing, and I just feel unmotivated and cold all the time,” Romanovsky said. “I’m way more happy when it’s sunny outside, but when it’s gloomy outside, it kind of brings everything down because I feel like the day is not going to be that good.”

Changing moods is only one of the potential symptoms of mental health illnesses brought on by the weather.