How to stay positive when it never stops raining – a psychologist offers tips

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The short, dark days of winter are never easy to get through. But for many people in the UK and across Europe, this winter has felt particularly gloomy because of the seemingly endless rain.

If you live in some parts of south-west England or the Welsh borders, at the time of writing it has rained every single day this year. Aberdeen, meanwhile, has just seen its first half-hour of sunshine for three weeks – its longest sunless period since records began.

The psychological impact of these dark...