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>> I could understand why people might wonder, though, whether a near-total retreat from daytime society would be motivated by more than just introversion. When

>> I could understand why people might wonder, though, whether a near-total retreat from daytime society would be motivated by more than just introversion. When does a desire for solitude cross into something unhealthy? Vampirism? I have a job where I often need to be at work before dawn. During the winter months I also leave work long after sunset. And, for security reasons, my office doesn't have windows. Mid-December I had to walk between buildings. I hadn't thought much about it but as soon as I stepped outside the sunlight was very powerful. The reflection off the snow made it doubly so. I then realized I hadn't seen sunlight in weeks. I half expected to catch fire like a Hollywood vampire.

themodelplumber 5y ago
Funny. And those atmospheric effects are really underrated compared to indoors. This one time, for some months, I had these really terrible things called corneal erosions. I'd wake up, open my eyes, and in doing so my eyelids would pull off bits of eye tissue. No warning. Absolute literal screaming pain. Darkness was really needed for a while, for recuperation. Among other things, I learned that the difference between indoor and outdoor light levels is really quite something. I had previously underestimated the difference. Like, I thought that sitting in a vehicle with tinted windows in the daytime might be similar, in terms of light levels, to being in a room inside a house during the daytime. So I'd sit in the back of the family van for a while, during a vacation trip for example. But it was not even close, for practical purposes. I do have to wonder if some people are more naturally aware, at some level, of the difference, and they calibrate to it, either consciously or unconsciously. Others may think the result unhealthy. But that may also be a subjective perception worth questioning in order to get at important details...

themodelplumber 5y ago

Funny. And those atmospheric effects are really underrated compared to indoors. This one time, for some months, I had these really terrible things called corneal erosions. I'd wake up, open my eyes, and in doing so my eyelids would pull off bits of eye tissue. No warning. Absolute literal screaming pain. Darkness was really needed for a while, for recuperation. Among other things, I learned that the difference between indoor and outdoor light levels is really quite something. I had previously underestimated the difference. Like, I thought that sitting in a vehicle with tinted windows in the daytime might be similar, in terms of light levels, to being in a room inside a house during the daytime. So I'd sit in the back of the family van for a while, during a vacation trip for example. But it was not even close, for practical purposes. I do have to wonder if some people are more naturally aware, at some level, of the difference, and they calibrate to it, either consciously or unconsciously. Others may think the result unhealthy. But that may also be a subjective perception worth questioning in order to get at important details...