What a lack of sunlight really does to our brains - BBC REEL 

Great to hear . I live in Denmark where can also be grey and dark in a long winter, but I also have a good insulated place with big windows. Means a lot to get light.

@Janitor Queen You should move to England. The south west in particular.

I'm very happy for you! ☺️

I wish I want see your places....

Happy you're doing well. I live in sunniest part of California and find I do less because of extreme sun. Almost no fall or winter here. This summer had to block my windows

No place is bad or better. they all have their positive and negative sides. it depends on us how to accept and be grateful for everything we receive. I also live in a tropical country, I like the morning sun and don't really like tropical mosquitoes which are there all year round. 😂😅

True. I was actually pissed for having a summer like weather even during December but I just can't live without sunlight!

as Someone who lives in Svalbard, i am very grateful for the dark season (nov-feb). its a magical time and we love it.

@@miaomiaopo I’d rather live in a sunlight dominant area. There’s no advantage to living in dark cold gloomy weather. So much more to do in the sun. Maybe you’re pale person who can’t handle the sun

@@Dooger111 we need to spend more money during the dark winter... More sun, more vitamin D and we can feel happier.

Omg I've been saying this for so long, thank you.

Exactly!

Exactly! It's unnatural to work so much during the winter.

It's unnatural to live in a place that winter even exists, let alone a place that winter is so severe that there's no sunlight at all.

They call it disorder because it affects the mood of the people and the physiological function of the body. They call it a medical disorder because they have the science to back it up and they are the medical expert.

Put some daylight light bulbs in your house. If they'll charge solar panels they'll affect your brain too.

That's how it is right now in Michigan it gets dark at 5pm which is the time i get off work which is in a warehouse all day. Im already missing summer and its not winter yet! It can feel depressing sometimes

Which might explain why people don’t sleep as deep around a full moon 🌕

Well... this just is about people living north of the polar circle, most of Scandinavia is south of it. Here we have more or less short days in winter months, but surely proper sunlight. Makes a lot of difference!

@@s1rm0rr1lswdsx3 I'm in the southernmost tip of Sweden and it starts getting dark here by 3 PM. And I'm in the very south! I would take 5 PM any day of the week. Stockholm is worse. And that's not even half way up Sweden. This place in the video is inside the Arctic circle at the very north, that's a whole different ballgame.

Yeah, also scandinavians get salary enough to be able to buy a house in the warm climate. I am from Finland i have a house in the south of france. Now i live here all the time, but before was coming every other month - 3 hours direct flight and ticket both ways less than 200 euros

People who have red/auburn hair, or have the "red haired" gene, can metabolize Vit D from as little as ten minutes exposure to sunlight. I live in Australia, and was telling anyone who would listen from the age of 16 (a long time ago now) that after 10 minutes I could feel the sun sting my skin (and I'm not red haired, and my skin goes olive looking with sun exposure - but I do have red haired relatives so I've got the red haired gene). So unless I had to work outside, I stopped "sun tanning" from age 16, and am still having skin damage issues anyway. At one point I did a lot of gardening, and even driving in a car, with the sun pouring through the glass at my face, it's caused skin damage issues. In fact, I theorize that anything used on the skin, including moisturisers and sun block lotions, can increase issues with skin damage by changing how UV interacts with the skin; even worse if sunlight is boring through a glass window onto you. Sunlight is fantastic, but small doses are best. I cannot wear sunglasses, they make me incredibly sleepy (I used to try and wear them when driving). Sunglasses change the way the light interacts through the eye and I do not recommend, but have no studies to uphold my theory - but I was absolutely correct, from observing my own body, about how fast we burn from sunlight, so I'm sticking to my theories on sunglasses and certain lotions.

@@Kayenne54 - honestly, my first thought was, "that sucks". It really does bother me that we have such differences and some of us (you for example) cannot be exposed to the sun for vasts periods of sunlight, but I can bake it it with fewer consequences. I personally live in Thailand and since you are from Australia, I suppose I don't need to explain the temperature levels here. Anyway, stay safe and it's most impressive to hear you listen to your body. Really. Many, many, many people chose to fail to listen to their body and that's why they get sick, look bad, or feel like garbage. Good for you, na!

That is my ultimate trick to feel refreshed and awakened - if sunlight allow it - no matter how little sleep, I'll put my face in the sun for several minutes and I'll have a massive energy boost for hours _(I rarely ever consume caffeine either)_

I have really pale skin and I also only need about 10 minutes.

The sun provides not just vitamin D , but it provides lots of essential co factors that science is still studying . We as humans need solar energy, we can't be separated from nature

@@theancientsancients1769 We are nature

Thats why Norway has an extremelly high rate of skin cancer.

@@davidturner4076 Yea. Unfortunately many Scandinavians and north Europeans in general have not learned to love their skin tone. It’s quite sad honestly.

​@@davidturner4076 Any reputable Dermatologist will say that there is no such thing as _"healthy tanning"._ Tanning is just a reaction of the skin *damaged* by prolonged sunlight exposure. People need to accept and love their natural skin tone; Scandinavians didn't evolve to live in Subsaharan Africa, just like Subsaharans are not bio-geographically adapted to live in Scandinavia. _E.g._ in Russia, the majority of people accept and love the nature of the cold winters, just like they appreciate their summer days; Western European mass media and famous _(tanned, lol...)_ people, on the other hand, tend to do the opposite and call a rainy, cloudy day a "bad, horrible and depressive" day, which predisposes the thoughts of the general population.

When I visited San Francisco, it was always cold and cloudy.

@@theobserver9131 yeah San Francisco doesn’t enjoy the privileges of being in California due to its position. I stand corrected. I meant SoCal (Southern California). LA and San Diego have the best weather all year round. 🌴🌴🌴

One of the few benefits for me of living in Southern California was the weather and scenery. Hard to beat Southern California on those aspects anywhere in the world.

@@BabsW 💯

It's still worshipped in my country, India. We have a festival dedicated to it. Nature is considered godly in Hinduism and there are festivals related to seasons. Rivers (although polluted, yeah the irony) are considered holy. I think anyone following Pagan religions would most likely worship the sun.

@@kritikakishore6689 true to add to your ans. SuryaNamaskar, festival like Pongal or Baisakhi, MakarSankranthi or Uttarayan celebrate the sunny days .

How about worshipping the Lord God YHVH who created the sun?

Dont forget the Moon too... 😂😂

@@haroldseah306 Be my guest

me too

Same

I live in Canada and I would say that I love cold weather and winter activities, but when it reaches -25 degrees celcius or colder, it is a nightmare 😂

...as a Canadian, wtf are you saying? Trust me, it gets old fast.

@@besticudcumupwith202 As another Canadian, winter is my favorite season, except when it's too cold (-20 degrees or colder). You simply need to learn some winter activities

@@PG-3462 ...lived here over 50 years. Been there, done that. Winter sucks.

@@besticudcumupwith202 Well that's your opinion because I hate summer, more specifically in the recent years since it's now always extremely hot and humid (near 38-40 degrees in my city). And it will only get worse in the future....

Are you a vampire? 🤣😂

@@theancientsancients1769 yes indeed

Yes! Don't forget the smell of bonfire on winter air and ice crystal halos around the moon and streetlamps and hot chocolate. And Northern lights if you're lucky

@@star-cursed exactly!

I am with you. I live in southern California over exposed to sun. Wish I could move.

Yeah but I assure you that you would be tired of dark snowy winters like us Swedes if you had to live here during several months without sunlight. Winter's suck and are depressing.

Where do you live? Just a bit curious!

@@yaminikrishna7174 Malaysia, Malaysia Truly Asia.

@@theweatherisaokay4964 you live like a bat. 😅. I'm also like that sometimes on holidays. 😂 Love 💓 from your neighboring country. Indonesia

@@miaomiaopo We are serumpun senusantara 😍

If it affects you that bad you might be better off to relocate because that sounds horrible.

@@franny5295 I did live a couple of winters in a sunnier climate, but that wasn't optimal either. I didn't have a job, I was away from my friends and relatives. I did manage to build a social network, but having two lives in different countries didn't work for me. I haven't been abroad in a long time. Besides, I live in Finland and our country has been ranked the happiest country in the world four times in a row now ;) Life is good, my seasonal traits are a part of who I am, and though it's difficult at times, I've learned to appreciate the process I go through with the cycle of seasons. I belong here.

Take vitamine D tablets its will be much better. + mindset placebo works alot against winter "depresion"

@@Yum_Yum_Delicious_Cum yeah, I take D vitamin most of the year (have been taking it for the past 10 years during winter). Positive mindset does not work, as the symptoms are not imaginary. It is more important to accept what you're going through with all the feelings than trying to evade "negative thoughts". Only through acceptance can one learn to cope with the symptoms. And for anyone else giving advice, please stop. I only wanted to share my experience, because someone out there going through the same symptoms might benefit from hearing that others have it too and some have it really bad. I have met with several psychologists about my symptoms and they all seemed to think that I won't benefit from therapy and have good tools to cope with the situation. I don't disagree and that's why I say I've learned to live with it. Of course there are ways to alleviate the symptoms (most notably bright light therapy), but the root cause is the long and dark winter and it's not realistic to think that all the symptoms will just go away doing things right. You have to learn to live with it.

My late father did this! (In Scotland) He swore by it. x

Actually best is cold shower -> get out in sun -> wim hof breaths, visualizing growing fire in solar plexus -> during breath retentions do the ground portion of the surya namaskar. If you're spiritual invoke Djin at the beginning. Extreme results and powerful inner fire 🔥

@World Viral Daily african nations are the least advanced in our world. While Scandinavians have some of the most advanced societies in the world. Go figure.

@@dmy_tro The Scandinavian had no civilization before Rome and Greece. And Rome and Greece didn't exist when the Egyptian, the Harappan civilization and the civilizations of the Fertile Crescent were flourishing, and they were all in hot weather localities. Go figure.

Blind people benefit from sunlight. There's the vitamin D absorption, plus it feels good.

Haina!

@@Walkion . I agree. Hence, why I recommended that people get a hobby (or hobbies) and exercise. Now, Facebook wants to launch a metaverse to turn what remains of our independently thinking society into zombies. I think at some point, maybe not in our lifetime, there will be an awakening and it won't be pretty. Personally, I'm learning as much as possible to be self sufficient and I hope to do lots of travel to see the real world. Life is too short to be stuck inside a computer world all day. Cheers!

Well human didn't have to exercise during winter because they needed to work everyday for thousands of years. They kept themselves inside warm and slept most of the times and conserved as much energy as they could, because it was winter and food will be scares. What's actually amazing is people expecting that there will be no repercussions when we don't do what our ancestors have been doing for thousands of years based on how our human body is biochemically built, and then think that forcing our body and mind to work without an essential fuel it requires, vitamin D which it majorly gets from sunlight, because corporate jobs demands that you should work same amount of hours every day every season if you want to live. Humans for thousands of years did not wake up early in the winter to go do a corporate job every day

SAD is a scam

@@mtlicq I'll tell my doctor that, get off the vitamine D in the wintertime and just think myself happy then.

@@TheGroundedCoffee Can you read??? I did NOT say vit D scam, I said SAD is a scam

@@mtlicq to be honest I forgot most of what the video is about. I can read, I just can't remember lol. So you're probably right and my previous comment can be ignored.

@@TheGroundedCoffee sorry I was a bit gruff That was rude of me.

What are you talking about? Have you seen the suicide rates and depression statistics in Asian countries?

@@aleenaprasannan2146 yes, if you mean Japan and South Korea, which is ofcourse part of Asia, you are correct. I was meaning to say South East Asian countries like Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc

@@FarhanIshrakAhmedUchchash If we also apply the government system, equal pay for workers, education, high taxes for the rich, good urban planning and good public transportation like Scandinavian / Nordic Country. we will be more happier. Love from Indonesia

Same same :(

@@vishnupriyap8324 One Day At A Time. ✌🖤

Enough for séance-tists to mandate architects to design buildings without windows. Bwa haha haha ha

I often think this way too... there is places on earth that are almost like they were made for humans and then there are places like this and I would even say even Most of Europe, Russia and north america as well where humans can only survive with huge energy expenditure on heating and with so many compromises in life quality. All that energy we use just to keep our bodies warm and eat calorie dense animal-based diets (no fruits and veggies in the winter) is destroying the environment. I often dream of just livning in a warm place and i feel like humanities migration to the global north was never supposed to be such a mass phenomena as it is now.

@@isabellouise8164 Once we figured out how to make tools and control fire, it was all over for the planet . . . that is until the planet figures out a way to get rid of us.

This logic is so flawed. So our ancestors shouldn't even left the trees of the rainforest, because they used tools that they discovered to fight against the environment and other threats such as predators.. We discovered technologies that made us live in almost every part of the planet. Life constantly adapts to new environment, not by next day but with time its slowly changing. Life's only purpose is to survive in a particular environment, if it means living half a year at night, then life adapts to that.

@@VeresRobi4ever You should read what I actually wrote before commenting. The point is very simple. Thanks to technology, we have separated ourselves from the natural world, and we're destroying it in the process. We may "survive," but only in a wasted, desolate home planet of our own making. I assume you're pleased by this. Good for you.