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Anyone with SAD: Have you tried a dawn simulator (or sunrise alarm as I think they're also called)? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 week ago by boonhet@sopuli.xyz to c/mentalhealth@lemmy.world
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Hi!

So recently I've realized that I might have SAD. Round the winter solstice, there's about 6 hours of sunlight per day in Estonia and for much of December and early to mid January, it was also overcast so even the 6 hours of "sunlight" were kinda dark.

So I went to read Wikipedia and:

Two methods of light therapy, bright light and dawn simulation, have similar success rates in the treatment of SAD

So I'm just wondering if anyone has personal experiences with these, particularly the dawn simulation as I believe that's something I could just set up and forget hopefully (I have ADHD, I do NOT do well with things I have to repeat every day). Does it help? Do you use it outside of wintertime too?

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[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

I've not tried one before, but something that always sticks out to me is that a few years ago, when we were roadtripping around North Finland, every single AirBnB we stayed in had a SAD light or sunrise alarm clock (these were AirBnBs where it was someone's home, not a dedicated holiday rental). That speaks volumes to me, in much the same way that seeing all those places store vodka in their freezer was something I used when arguing with my housemates that we should also.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

Good point. They're even further north and must have experience with all this.

Also love the vodka in the freezer argument. Always important to have a bottle!

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