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We are getting way off topic here, but I don’t know how anyone with even a touch of SAD manages in Europe. London is as far north as the southern tip of Alaska.
by bradleyjg 4y ago
We are getting way off topic here, but I don’t know how anyone with even a touch of SAD manages in Europe. London is as far north as the southern tip of Alaska.
- jks 4y agoHello from Helsinki. I have a therapy lamp on my breakfast table and on my desktop at work, and it helps a tiny bit but not much. People clearly have different reactions, and I guess mine is worse than that of most people. But of course, I mainly meet people who are still capable of functioning.
- Jensson 4y agoSuicide rates peaks during summers, not winters. Some things are worse during winters, but other things are worse during summers, so SAD is just a preference thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_effects_on_suicide_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_effects_on_suicide_ra...
- bradleyjg 4y agoOk. So sub out SAD for “people that hate long, dark winters where the sun barely shines even for the few hours it’s up” and the question stands.
- nicbou 4y agoThis largely depends on where you live on either side of the pond. Moving from Canada to Germany, the biggest problem was not the lack of daylight, but the lack of winter sports. Winter here is just a worse summer. I teach people to schedule their vacations for January-March, not the pleasant summer months.
- bradleyjg 4y agoEven from Canada, you probably moved north. Toronto is as far north as Nice, on the French Mediterranean. Of all the major Canadian cities, only Vancouver is as far north as southern Germany.
- nicbou 4y agoI did, but it's still a minor issue compared to the lack of things that make winter enjoyable.