The down side to long summer days at latitude 47 is long winter
days. In December we got down to just
over 8 hours of daylight. Combining
shorts days with our all too often overcast skies leads to Seasonal Affective
Disorder (SAD) causing people to feel a sense of depression they would not
otherwise have.
I had thought about getting some grow lights for indoor plants. The downside of that would be potheads trying
to break in to steal non-existent marijuana plants. I went from having 40 plants on the deck last
summer to one last lemon cypress tree which is like a miniature cedar tree due
to my deck being off limits for the last 6 months, no plant lights, plant
killing cats, and little effort on my part.
While restocking on kitty food, litter and a bale of toilet paper at
Costco today, I got their version of an impulse buy stacked by the front door—a
7500 lumen Verilux happylight. It has
been on since I got home. I feel better.
Does the SAD light work? I can’t tell the difference between the
placebo effect and real therapy. The
practical strategy is to feel better and tell myself it is working.
I am grateful for my SAD light.
Should have got another SAD light 4ish years ago after the last one died. Progress, not perfection!
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