This is a very interesting disorder. It is something that obviously we do not have to worry about here in South Texas as we pretty much have sun year round. I do think that it is probably really great for those people that we call winter Texans because they are able to be out of the dreary cold for several months and get lots of sunny days to make them feel better. In the video the narrator talks about how the bodies biological system all works together to help prevent this and how the retina and the optic nerve all play a role into the part of the brain receiving the stimulus from the light. They also did a study and deprived individuals from sun for a number of days to show the impact of this on the different people. It seems that it can have a minor impact on everyone but that there is a huge difference in someone feeling a little "blue" and someone truly suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. The good news is that this can be treated rather easily. The obvious change would be that if at all possible the person could relocate to a sunny location. Since many of the people that are effected by this live in Alaska, Canada or in areas around the great lakes in the United States moving to sunny tropical areas such as southern California, Texas, or Florida would be a good solution. However because most people can not relocate they can treat SAD with a special light that they would sit in front of 30 minutes a day. The light has to be able to radiate the same amount of light as the person would receive if they were sitting outside with sun rays. Even though the eyes play a role this isn't about being able to "see" the light it is about the different biological processes that happen as a result of being exposed to the light.
i never thought or hear of a disorder like SAD. maybe like you said is because we live in a place where we have sun most of the time. and also its amazing that the sun and light plays a big role for the treatment or prevention of the disorder
I heard about Seasonal Affective Disorder before but I wasn’t sure how it really affected people, one thing that I’m not so sure about is if this only affect people who have a predisposition to be depressed like genes, because I believe in the books it states that people with SAD have a mutation of a gene, but is it just because of that or what other factors contribute besides winter nights, living near the poles, or genes? I am asking because I love that kind of weather like in Seattle for example and feel really good when I’m there. I really like the video and when it talks about our internal clocks been set with 24.5 hours instead of the normal 24 hour day, and the research on isolation and how after been like that how the person returns to a normal day and night routine within days of been isolated, very interesting, that is something new for me. Thank you.
I think by far SAD is one of the most interesting things ever, there are many components to it that are intriguing, like the fact that its how our body perceives light not using our eyes but our skin. There are other thing I question about it, like does temperature affect it, for example if we had a cold room but the light treatment was used would we still be affected, even if minimally?
i never thought or hear of a disorder like SAD. maybe like you said is because we live in a place where we have sun most of the time. and also its amazing that the sun and light plays a big role for the treatment or prevention of the disorder
ReplyDeleteI heard about Seasonal Affective Disorder before but I wasn’t sure how it really affected people, one thing that I’m not so sure about is if this only affect people who have a predisposition to be depressed like genes, because I believe in the books it states that people with SAD have a mutation of a gene, but is it just because of that or what other factors contribute besides winter nights, living near the poles, or genes? I am asking because I love that kind of weather like in Seattle for example and feel really good when I’m there. I really like the video and when it talks about our internal clocks been set with 24.5 hours instead of the normal 24 hour day, and the research on isolation and how after been like that how the person returns to a normal day and night routine within days of been isolated, very interesting, that is something new for me. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI think by far SAD is one of the most interesting things ever, there are many components to it that are intriguing, like the fact that its how our body perceives light not using our eyes but our skin. There are other thing I question about it, like does temperature affect it, for example if we had a cold room but the light treatment was used would we still be affected, even if minimally?
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