Hello everyone who has SAD , Seasonal Depression, or Seasonal Affective Disorder .
What has helped you get through the northern winters? Share anything that helped you even if you came to the conclusion that moving south was the only solution. Share things that didn't work too.
I'll start with one that hasn't been talked about on this forum and that has helped me a lot which is Indoor Tanning. Yes, going inside one of those tanning beds that cause cancer. In fact yes, staying in the sun or tanning beds which both give off UV light in EXCESSIVE amounts cause cancer. It's like saying water causes drowning. Studies have shown that moderate UV light exposure can actually lower your chance of cancer (of the more common and also deadly forms) and your chance of skin cancer really doesn't go up much. UV light is UV light, meaning if it comes from the sun or a tanning bed it's the same. So yes you can actually get Vitamin D from tanning beds. Someone you can youtube and research is Michael Holick.
I hope I kept that short and sweet and if you're interested you can research this more. Even though tanning has helped I still plan to move from Upstate NY to California. Seasonal depression is mental and physical and seeing the cloudy grey darkness still affects me even with adequate Vitamin D levels and also using light therapy / Sun lamps. I guess there's no substitute for the right environment for YOU.
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What has helped you get through the northern winters? Share anything that helped you even if you came to the conclusion that moving south was the only solution. Share things that didn't work too.
I'll start with one that hasn't been talked about on this forum and that has helped me a lot which is Indoor Tanning. Yes, going inside one of those tanning beds that cause cancer. In fact yes, staying in the sun or tanning beds which both give off UV light in EXCESSIVE amounts cause cancer. It's like saying water causes drowning. Studies have shown that moderate UV light exposure can actually lower your chance of cancer (of the more common and also deadly forms) and your chance of skin cancer really doesn't go up much. UV light is UV light, meaning if it comes from the sun or a tanning bed it's the same. So yes you can actually get Vitamin D from tanning beds. Someone you can youtube and research is Michael Holick.
I hope I kept that short and sweet and if you're interested you can research this more. Even though tanning has helped I still plan to move from Upstate NY to California. Seasonal depression is mental and physical and seeing the cloudy grey darkness still affects me even with adequate Vitamin D levels and also using light therapy / Sun lamps. I guess there's no substitute for the right environment for YOU.
Share your thoughts
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