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Sleeping In Rooms With Even a Little Light Can Increase Risk of Depression, Study Finds (iflscience.com)
Japanese researchers have found that even the slightest slither of light when trying to sleep could be linked to a heightened risk of depression, according to a new study published in The American Journal of Epidemiology. IFLScience reports: The reason behind this link is unclear, but the researchers believe it might be to do with the human circadian rhythm, the 24-hour cycle that tells us when to sleep and wake up, among other things, that is "programmed" by environmental factors. In the case of humans and many other creatures, light influences how much of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin is pumped into our bodies, meaning we feel awake when the Sun rises and get sleepy when the Sun sets. This system works like a charm when there's only sunlight, moonlight, and a campfire to think about. However, the modern world is beaming with almost constant exposure to artificial light. Light at night (LAN) in a bedroom -- even a flash of a digital clock or streetlight creeping in from a crack in the curtains -- could screw with our natural sleep/wake cycle. The team behind the recent study assessed the sleep of almost 900 elderly people with no signs of depression. They found that people who slept in a room with 5 lux of light or more at night showed a "significantly higher depression risk" than those who slept in a completely dark room. For perspective, a household room with its lights on is around 80 lux and 10 lux is a single candle from 0.3 meters (1 foot) away.
For comparison in the other direction.
Listen you guys, I'm telling you this because I love you all:
If you have a computer or router or modem in your bedroom, cover the LEDs. It makes a huge difference. Get it nice and dark in there and you'll get the best sleep of your life. Turn the computer off, and if you've got one of those goofy gaming mice where the LED lights don't turn off when the computer goes down, cover it with a dark cloth.
Also, get yourself the dimmest possible night light and put it in your bathroom (and in the hallway to the bathroom if necessary). When you get up to whiz, don't turn on the bright bathroom light. You want to stay as close to sleeping as you can without peeing in your pajamas.
Those circadian rhythms don't play. If you mess with them, you will start to feel like shit. If you become in harmony with the cycles of light and dark, you will find happiness, or at least you'll feel good.
Seriously. I'm not fucking around. I even want the haters and losers to take this advice. Cultivate your sleep. Sleep is your friend.
You are welcome on my lawn.
risk of depression vs risk of eaten by a grue
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Okay. Let's have the pedantic reason why they aren't the same. You know you want to.
Prison: for storage of felony-convicted incarcerations, usually at least 1+ years
- states and the feds have prisons
Jail: for = 1 year low-risk felony sentences, misdemeanor-convicted incarcerations, and innocent people awaiting (sometimes multiple *years*) for due process in court.
- cities and counties have jails
Ask any former inmate which they were in--it's about like asking whether someone is from New Zealand or Australia.
Hey, I've been married to a wonderful woman for 30 years. She's smart, beautiful, sexy, and she absolutely adores me and would do anything for me. Do you know how I got that?
By not being an immature man-child like you.
Bruce Perens.
But when you cover your eye, most probably you don't cover the bridge nose arch properly, up and down. This is the same trick people use to "magically" see stuff when having a blindfold, either stage magician, or scammer (which is why when james randy tested those pretend people seeing with blindfold, he made sure to properly cover above the bridge nose arch and below so they could not peak either above or below). In your case the bit of light filtering is enough. But your forehead is utterly opaque, trust me on that one ;).
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Same. Pitch black rooms drive me crazy, I need a minimum of some light, maximum I can sleep in direct sunlight. The only thing that upsets my ability to sleep is complete darkness.
Darkness, darkness, be my pillow. I was a shift worker for years and had to try to sleep during the day. I warned my family I would be in a bad mood and to please forgive me. I put heavy dark curtains and pull down shades on the two windows. That helped but I could hear my sons playing and cars driving by so I wore earplugs. That helped. During the summer the room would get warm and I installed a window air conditioner. More noise. I slept for four hours then woke up. I still wear a sleep mask and sometime use earplugs at night. It;s one-thirty AM now .
The adhesive on gaffer tape will dry out and leave a horrible mess in a matter of months to a couple years. Gaffer tape is intended for temporary rigging only, and you will get undesirable results attempting to use it long-term for anything. It's not even good for covering up gaps in the covers of black instrument cases. In the short term it works fine, but in the long term it makes the problem considerably worse by falling off and leaving a crumbly white patch where it used to be. Exposure to heat greatly accelerates this process -- if you were to use gaffer tape to patch torn upholstery in a car that gets parked outdoors, you could expect it to fail in as little as a few weeks.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
I don't understand how people can sleep in those bedrooms with large windows without curtains at least not in summer time.
You can find out easily enough with a telescope...
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