Can daylight savings time really effect your mood?
2007-10-29 04:20:01 · 19 answers · asked by icemunchies 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Sure, it still messes with your body clock. I don't know why we still have these time changes. You do know it's not til next week, right?
2007-10-29 04:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by splitlevelmind 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about daylight savings time, where the hours shift, but your mood can change for the worse in winter when there's less overall sunlight. There is a scientific name for it--Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and people who have it need to sit by a special light box that gives off light like the sun to cure their depression.
BTW, try getting out of the house 15 minutes a day--unless you live in a really bad neighborhood, getting your face in the sun will cheer you up!
Another surprising thing--getting some sun exposure is good for you-something to do with Vitamin D metabolism. Older people who are housebound sometimes get Vitamin D deficiency because they do not get enough sunlight.
PS Agoraphobia is fear of leaving your home--if this is your problem call a therapist. Good luck.
2007-10-29 11:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kennedy 2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I stay at home a lot - I crave sunshine but, won't get up at a different time to enjoy it .
I do believe that getting dark earlier does effect my mood .
I go around the house opening all of the blinds and feel a little sad when the house darkens.
2007-10-29 11:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by Bemo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if you always go by Greenwich Mean Time, which is unaffected by daylight savings time. If you get up at 9 AM Eastern during standard time it's 2 PM GMT. That means you get up at 10 AM Eastern during savings time. Etc. I've explained this way too complicated for my own liking...
2007-10-29 11:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by dutchboy_80 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think not leaving the house much would affect your mood more... get out and get going!
2007-10-29 11:23:15 · answer #5 · answered by Miss Kim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing yes. If you're in the house, you will still subconsciously notice the dwindling amount of ambient light. I don't like fall and winter. I can't wait for summer again.
2007-10-29 11:22:46 · answer #6 · answered by vamedicca is back 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure...if there is more daylight...and brighter, I guess so...I know I am a "home-body" these days, and the days that it is gray and crappy, I just feel so down and on sunny days, I feel more energized!
2007-10-29 11:23:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I really can't tell due to the fact I am miserable most of the time, and the times that I am not I am just plain ornery.
2007-10-29 11:27:30 · answer #8 · answered by Sr. Mary Holywater 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It affects my mood when I have to wake up an hour earlier (than what my body is used to).
2007-10-29 11:24:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For one hour it can make you very happy in dreamland. Then its back to same old same old.
I would give you a hug Sister, but I'm too evil right now...need beer.
2007-10-29 11:42:29 · answer #10 · answered by Leepal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it affects you whether you are a couch potato or an athlete. Your circadian rhythm is thrown off track.
2007-10-29 11:26:40 · answer #11 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋