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I question a little bit SAD symptoms for people residing at very low latitudes as no area of the US (other than Alaska) is situated at more pronounced northern latitude or comparable to anything in northern Europe. I am most comfortable dealing with the sun angle between 43-48N latitude. Yes, this time of year with DST ending is a bit bothersome, but it takes me about 1-2 weeks to fully adjust. Most people are Vitamin D deficient, so take the maximum recommended amount per day.
No, not the early sunsets by itself but the rapidly decreasing daylight hours. This is why I prefer winter to fall.. at least in winter, the amount of daylight rises with each passing day. And in summer, even though daylight hours are decreasing, they are already quite long to begin with so I don't really mind.
It's not that it is just dark earlier, but it eventurally gets dark and cold that I don't care for. It's creepy when the winter wind blows in a clear, cold, starry sky and there is no snow on the ground.
Yes! This is my least favorite time of the year. I leave work at 6 and I hate driving home and having all evening in the dark. Makes me feel sluggish and unhappy. I hate winter, so November is just blah for me knowing it's coming and gradually getting darker and colder. It seems like a long time until March and spring again.
I like it, but I also love winter and fall and hate summer. I like to say I have "inverse SAD." Love when it's cold and the leaves are blowing around. I haven't even turned on my heat yet, and my indoor temp is 58 degrees. I'd rather just put on a big sweatshirt and snuggle under blankets. In the summer I feel sluggish and disgusted with the heat and humidity and just want to hibernate inside in the A/C.
I like watching the pretty sunset from my office window and leaving work when it's already dark. To me, it's better than having the setting sun low on the horizon when I'm driving home, with the sun in my eyes, and cars having to slow down because of the glare, or hitting each other because of the blinding sun.
I question a little bit SAD symptoms for people residing at very low latitudes as no area of the US (other than Alaska) is situated at more pronounced northern latitude or comparable to anything in northern Europe. I am most comfortable dealing with the sun angle between 43-48N latitude. Yes, this time of year with DST ending is a bit bothersome, but it takes me about 1-2 weeks to fully adjust. Most people are Vitamin D deficient, so take the maximum recommended amount per day.
It depresses me and I'm at about 39N. It even depressed me living in Southern California. Primarily because the sun sets at about 4:45 here in Denver (was about the same in the L.A. area, although in L.A., they have an earlier sunrise then Denver in winter).
You have to get pretty close to the Tropics before the daylight variation isn't really noticeable.
It depresses me and I'm at about 39N. It even depressed me living in Southern California. Primarily because the sun sets at about 4:45 here in Denver (was about the same in the L.A. area, although in L.A., they have an earlier sunrise then Denver in winter).
You have to get pretty close to the Tropics before the daylight variation isn't really noticeable.
Quite often, sunrise and sunset times are dependent on where your geographical location is situated within the time zone itself. Places at the edges of time zones often get the short end of the stick. The big difference I notice about being the mid 40s latitude is that the sun loses its strength quite a bit faster during the Fall season compared to areas that are more than 5 degrees further south. It is all about the "solar declination angle," fancy term of the day.
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