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serious crayons:

--- Quote from: southendmd on August 03, 2020, 01:59:19 pm ---Have you ever tried a light box?  Or a visor thingie?
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I got one of those light things for free and my desk needed additional illumination, so I figured I might as well kill two birds with one lightbox.

I didn't notice any big difference. Though I have had people tell me they've worked for them. But then, placebos work, too.

Sunshine noticeably works and very quickly, even through a windshield. At least for me.



Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 02, 2020, 07:44:02 pm ---I'm with you, Chuck. I enjoy the darker mornings when I can sleep in until, 6:30 am or so! And the evenings are so much nicer without the sun blaring down until halfway into the night! I am a closet Wiccan too. I am a Scot, after all!

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You mean like the witches of North Berwick?  ;D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Berwick_witch_trials

CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.




Happy Hump day to you all!

;D

I have another staycation coming up in two weeks, I'm looking forward to them.  ;D  It will be nice to not have to wake up for work.


I had the maintenance man at my apartment today.   In my bedroom I have two closets, and they have the bi-fold door that look like this.




The bracket in the bottom right corner was coming loose, and any time I opened the door, it would come off of the track at the top.   In addition to this, in my bathroom, my shower has a window on it.  The grout that meets where  tiles on the window match up to the tiles on the wall was cracked, and I was able to push them into the wall.  I wasn't sure if water was getting behind them, so I had the maintenance man fix it before it caused bad damage.

Managed to get through the hurricane with no major issues.  Power flickered on and off a few times, but it never went off completely, so I consider myself lucky.  There are people who are without power and may not have it restored until Sunday!

 :o

CellarDweller:

--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 03, 2020, 10:51:50 am ---One of the reasons this is a big deal to me is that I have Seasonal Affective Disorder. I first noticed in college that I got depressed in winter. To the extent I connected it with the season, I assumed it had to do with cold. Nobody was talking about SAD back then.

Then I moved to New Orleans and never even thought about it or noticed it. Again, I might have thought the nice winter temperatures were the reason the depression wasn't hitting me. But by the time I came back to Minnesota, SAD was a pretty familiar concept and I realized that was probably a factor. I noticed if I went outside in early afternoon on a really sunny day I'd immediately feel better, even if it was cold and I was inside my car (under the moon roof).
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--- Quote from: southendmd on August 03, 2020, 01:59:19 pm ---Have you ever tried a light box?  Or a visor thingie?
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I must be honest, I don't get how those work.   I mean, I get that they provide light, but I thought that part of SAD was that is was caused by the lack of natural sunlight, so how does a light box help since it's artificial light?

southendmd:

--- Quote from: CellarDweller on August 05, 2020, 09:21:10 pm ---
I must be honest, I don't get how those work.   I mean, I get that they provide light, but I thought that part of SAD was that is was caused by the lack of natural sunlight, so how does a light box help since it's artificial light?

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Apparently the brain doesn't care if it's natural or artificial.  It just has to be bright, typically 10,000 lux (which is very bright).

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