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My mood and productivity is noticeably better when there’s sunshine.
We’re currently having heavy rain and overcast conditions here in Northern California, and I feel sluggish and a bit moody. I’ll usually cheer up when the sunlight appears.
I've always loved overcast and rainy winter days which is convenient because I am from Mid-Atlantic state where that happens. My DNA is 99% British and Irish and I thought that explained it but my husband hates gray winter days, loves sunny weather and his DNA is super similar. He thinks he has SAD but it's not too bad.
I grew up in Florida however and got used to sunshine and rain. Later we retired from Mid-Atlantic to Florida and the heat became oppressive so now live in North Carolina and yay I get some overcast days to enjoy. It's sunny a lot here but easy to drive to mountains for less humidity in summer.
In Sydney today the expected maximum temperature is supposed to reach about F95 on the coast and over F100 in the west of the met area. Hotter tomorrow and I loathe this weather.
I am redheaded so there may be a genetic reason I get miserable in hot sunny weather. But probably mostly the need to keep out of the sun because of skin damage.
I haven't read your article yet, but I've read about how states where it rains all the time can be depressing to some people. I think it much more mainly depends on one's state of mind.
Depression is a state of mind. One is inextricably intertwined with the other. Among other things, studies like these draw the connections between weather and one's state of mind/depression. BTW, depression involves a lot more than "happiness". That's an obnoxious outdated oversimplification.
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Makes me hate life as i live in a dry and hot hell most if the year right on the gulf and i hate sunny days in the summer. Nothing but nasty lows of 78f to 84f and dew points of 74f to 84f for months at a time with a west flow blowing over nasty 88 to 84f water temps makes it feel like a steam bath from hell.
88f to 94f water temps. I hate it here as it would make anyone wanna roll over and die.
I've always been a proponent of everything in moderation.
Sure sunshine is inherently "happier" than cloudy. But day after day of full sun kinda wears you down.
Someone stated that the temperature matters more... I agree. During the Winter the warmth of the sun is 100% happiness. But during a heatwave in the Summer, the sun is hated and a cloudy day is better.
I've always wondered if I would want to retire in a sunny warm / hot State like Florida. Nah. I love the variety that 4 different seasons gives me. Sure I get tired of the bone chilling cold of Winter, but then Spring comes and it feels amazing.
A string of cloudy "dreary" days makes you appreciate a nice bright sunny one.
Same goes with a week of sunny days makes you appreciate a cloudy one.
Though I do take Vitamin D during our cloudy dreary Winters.
I got SADD in the winter when I lived in the PNW and so happy now to be living in super sunny Phoenix, I couldn't go back to living in a gray and glooming climate.
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Depression is a state of mind. One is inextricably intertwined with the other. Among other things, studies like these draw the connections between weather and one's state of mind/depression. BTW, depression involves a lot more than "happiness". That's an obnoxious outdated oversimplification.
