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I actually dont understand why other people can work in a dimly lit space and having dark mode on their monitor. It make feel so lazy and gloomy.

sneak 4y ago
Not everyone's bodies work the same. Working too long in a brightly lit room makes me extremely tired. The only way I can work long hours is in simulated twilight.
- wincy 4y ago
  For me it’s an issue of seasonal depression. I get really agitated over the weeks and months of it being drab during the winter months, until I feel severe cabin fever in January or so and my mental state gets really, really bad, like “I’m going to book a flight to Miami and leave right now everything else be damned” sort of crazy. It’s not really a fun time. I don’t mind working in a dark room, but if I do it for weeks at a time I’ll start to have problems if I’m not getting bright lights at other times (which during winter there aren’t many opportunities for). It also has the hilarious added effect of totally blowing out my laptops webcam and making me look like I have an angelic halo of light atop my head.
bcrosby95 4y ago
I come alive at night in a dark room. It makes me feel like the only things left in the world are just me and whatever I'm doing, giving me complete focus.
- djtango 4y ago
  Different strokes, but totally on the same page. A behaviour I've observed in myself is I gravitate towards big windows and like to work in an environment where I feel I have lots of space, but I am very happy working in complete darkness (but also value sunlight)
TeMPOraL 4y ago
In my case, it's either or: either dark room and dimmed screen or (more recently) dark mode on everything, or bright room and light mode. By bright I really mean bright - maybe not SAD-mitigation level like the OP, but I do turn on extra lights during the day, particularly when its cloudy. What I can't tolerate is "half-light" - dimly lit space, afternoon/evening levels of daylight. Or the standard level of light most people have. Or warm light. That's one is actually a point of contention with my wife - she prefers warm light, I prefer cold. We compromised on "neutral", which has a benefit of not screwing with colors like warm does. It's tolerable for me, though I still occasionally notice how it yellow-tints everything. By can't tolerate, I mean that in underlit rooms, I struggle to stay awake. Really struggle - I start to yawn uncontrollably, my mind gets hazy, and I need to pump myself with some stimulants (i.e. caffeine, usually) just to be able to function. Add more lights, or make the room dark, and I'm OK again.

sneak 4y ago

Not everyone's bodies work the same. Working too long in a brightly lit room makes me extremely tired. The only way I can work long hours is in simulated twilight.

wincy 4y ago
For me it’s an issue of seasonal depression. I get really agitated over the weeks and months of it being drab during the winter months, until I feel severe cabin fever in January or so and my mental state gets really, really bad, like “I’m going to book a flight to Miami and leave right now everything else be damned” sort of crazy. It’s not really a fun time. I don’t mind working in a dark room, but if I do it for weeks at a time I’ll start to have problems if I’m not getting bright lights at other times (which during winter there aren’t many opportunities for). It also has the hilarious added effect of totally blowing out my laptops webcam and making me look like I have an angelic halo of light atop my head.

bcrosby95 4y ago

I come alive at night in a dark room. It makes me feel like the only things left in the world are just me and whatever I'm doing, giving me complete focus.

djtango 4y ago
Different strokes, but totally on the same page. A behaviour I've observed in myself is I gravitate towards big windows and like to work in an environment where I feel I have lots of space, but I am very happy working in complete darkness (but also value sunlight)

TeMPOraL 4y ago

In my case, it's either or: either dark room and dimmed screen or (more recently) dark mode on everything, or bright room and light mode. By bright I really mean bright - maybe not SAD-mitigation level like the OP, but I do turn on extra lights during the day, particularly when its cloudy. What I can't tolerate is "half-light" - dimly lit space, afternoon/evening levels of daylight. Or the standard level of light most people have. Or warm light. That's one is actually a point of contention with my wife - she prefers warm light, I prefer cold. We compromised on "neutral", which has a benefit of not screwing with colors like warm does. It's tolerable for me, though I still occasionally notice how it yellow-tints everything. By can't tolerate, I mean that in underlit rooms, I struggle to stay awake. Really struggle - I start to yawn uncontrollably, my mind gets hazy, and I need to pump myself with some stimulants (i.e. caffeine, usually) just to be able to function. Add more lights, or make the room dark, and I'm OK again.