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This happened a couple months ago, but I just read about it in a year end review. A Yale college student feels victimized by Daylight Savings Time since it deprives him if extra sunlight!
I do believe there is Seasonal Affective Disorder. And maybe people really do better with more sunlight, although I think even sunny climes have people with anxiety and depression. There may be s9me good arguments for getting rid of it. But……how did college students and other people manage for so many years dealing with it?
This happened a couple months ago, but I just read about it in a year end review. A Yale college student feels victimized by Daylight Savings Time since it deprives him if extra sunlight!
I do believe there is Seasonal Affective Disorder. And maybe people really do better with more sunlight, although I think even sunny climes have people with anxiety and depression. There may be s9me good arguments for getting rid of it. But……how did college students and other people manage for so many years dealing with it?
Snowflake indeed!
The time on the clock does not change the amount of daylight per day. If a person wants or needs more daylight, they need to watch the sun and not the clock when they decide on their bedtime and wake up time.
Seasonal affective disorder in the short days of winter can often be helped by taking Vitamin D.
This happened a couple months ago, but I just read about it in a year end review. A Yale college student feels victimized by Daylight Savings Time since it deprives him if extra sunlight!
I do believe there is Seasonal Affective Disorder. And maybe people really do better with more sunlight, although I think even sunny climes have people with anxiety and depression. There may be s9me good arguments for getting rid of it. But……how did college students and other people manage for so many years dealing with it?
This happened a couple months ago, but I just read about it in a year end review. A Yale college student feels victimized by Daylight Savings Time since it deprives him if extra sunlight!
I do believe there is Seasonal Affective Disorder. And maybe people really do better with more sunlight, although I think even sunny climes have people with anxiety and depression. There may be s9me good arguments for getting rid of it. But……how did college students and other people manage for so many years dealing with it?
Wow! I never realized this affected students differently from the rest of us! The reality is that, in the northern hemisphere, days are shorter and nights are longer in wintertime than in summertime. It's a fact of life.
Daylight Savings Time, or the end of it, does not reduce the amount of sunlight in the day; it means that the daylight ends earlier in the day, but it also starts earlier in the day. For most of those who work full time on a fixed schedule, particularly indoors, it means that they have little or no daylight at the end of their shift.
I think what the article really illustrates is the "victim" mentality that is seemingly being promoted within the colleges and universities (as well as in society in general) in this country. The idea behind that mentality is that it's always the fault of someone or something else when things don't go the way the "victim" thinks they should.
Rather than accept personal responsibility, they choose to put the blame on someone or something else. In some cases, they'd rather blame someone or something else for their inability to accept reality!
I think what the article really illustrates is the "victim" mentality that is seemingly being promoted within the colleges and universities (as well as in society in general) in this country. The idea behind that mentality is that it's always the fault of someone or something else when things don't go the way the "victim" thinks they should.
Rather than accept personal responsibility, they choose to put the blame on someone or something else. In some cases, they'd rather blame someone or something else for their inability to accept reality!
You are so correct, it is the "victim mentality". Everyone and everything is to blame for perceived problems but seldom do these victims take personal responsibility. It is always, my parents hugged me too much or they did not hug me enough...
I think these whiners have always been complaining but today they can take their gripes to social media for a wider audience to cry to.
Maybe Yale should have a safe space for their students where they can go and cry it out with like minded others?
“I feel like [the daylight saving time change] speeds up and advances seasonal depression,” Lopez said. “Since I am from California, I feel like the snow, cold and the wind will all get to me really fast. Time is valuable here at Yale, and when it is dark at 5 p.m., I feel like I should be going to bed but I still have five more hours of grinding left of my day which makes it harder for my body to focus.”
With daylight savings, he would still have 4 more hours of grinding left in his day.
You would think that a student from Yale would understand that daylight savings time doesn't actually change the amount of daylight in a day.
For those of us who are old enough. Nixon mandated that we continue with Daylight savings time through the winter of 1973-1974. The idea was that somehow this was going to save fuel and help us with the Arab oil embargo.
The end result was kids going to school in the dark and in some places it wasn't getting light until 9:30 AM. It was highly unpopular and wasn't even considered for the next winter.
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