Once the unmistakable chill is in the air, you start to hear it: People professing their love for fall. Looking forward to the season is often written off as being “basic,” but it’s a feeling people hold onto strongly — and for good reasons, experts say.
Though you may not realize it, seasonal change can be hard for us, says Krystine Batcho, a psychologist at Le Moyne College. Any good or bad change forces us to actively think harder, which creates stress, she says, no matter if we’re switching to a dream job or remembering to haul our warmer clothes out of the closet. But humans aren’t content to leave change as an entirely negative process. It’s possible we’ve flipped the scenario and made change something to look forward to based on how we mark time. Calendars and seasons — as well as associating specific activities with different periods of ...
