and tbh I don't know how y'all survive winter. the lack of sunlight genuinely makes me more depressed than almost anything I have ever experienced. I need to mitigate this: normally, I would go shoot pictures, but given the threats from doing it at night, I want daylight, WHICH I DON'T HAVE
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in reply to @victoria-scott's post:
do you already take a vitamin D supplement, btw? if not, you should start one, I grew up in Seattle and when I moved back from SF after my first job after college I suddenly realized that not all of my winter depression was endogenous
I do not but I really should, this is so hard and I am definitely struggling. that might help. we genuinely hardly get sunlight up here lately, we've had an inversion going on for weeks in the valley I live in
vitamin D is a big one. also get a sun light if you can, at least 10,000 lux, and if at all possible try to stare into it as much as possible in the 30 minutes after you wake up (or if the sun has risen already, go outside if you can stand it or if not go to any part of the house with an east-facing window). both of these things help a lot. also, this is the worst part of the year, and after like friday every day will start getting slightly longer and you get to experience the niceness that is extremely long summer days
I got here right as soon as winter hit and I hope so bad they don't make it illegal for me to live here before summer. I want those summer nights under the mountains so fucking bad it hurts. I will try that with the windows and looking at it, I really just need something that helps, and that sounds great
yeah, it should help! even if it's cloudy and the middle of winter, light from the sun is going to be brighter than a sun lamp. try to do it as soon as you can after waking up, that's the key bit. if you can actually go outside that's better because you'll get, like, at least some UV and thus vitamin D, but also it's very cold so sitting in front of a window works too
plus it's pleasant, y'know? that isn't to be discounted. but yeah, this is the very worst part, the trough of the year, and it's just about over
at least today is the worst. It'll get better every day from here on out.
Unless you're me and have the inverse problem.
I thrive in the heat, years of Houston prepared me for it! Reno got hot too, but I honestly didn't mind as long as there wasn't fire smoke.
I spent a week in Houston (Bellaire) 15 years ago and got heat stroke. I don't know how my sister did it.
I just got one of the seasonal affective disorder lamp things, at the recommendation of my therapist. idk how much it'll help but do I feel a bit better when it's on
I had one of these in my old windowless room my cubicle was in, I should do that again
It sucks right now, I get to work at dawn and return when it is fully dark. And if the weather is crap during the weekend, or I'm a little bit busy I don't get to shoot pictures. Last week I cracked and had to do a evening shoot, but even I had a feeling of "I'm awfully alone in this back street with an expensive looking camera"
However, today is the worst day in terms of light and it will only get better from now.
+1 on vitamin D, I take it in the winters and it really helps me not lose my entire mind and I'm nowhere near as high up on the parallels as you are