[Martin Reed]

This topic was inspired by Jess (primaryantagonist) who mentioned that she has Seasonal Affective Disorder and feels this affects her sleep. I thought this was pretty interesting and worth exploring.

Do you feel as though the weather, seasons or amount of sunlight you get affects your sleeping patters? Would be good to hear your experience and thoughts.

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[LindsayK]

Yes, actually. If I wake up to no sunlight, I know I'll sleep horribly that night. No clue as to the why; could be because the sun gives me an energy boost through the day. Without that boost, I'm so exhausted by bedtime my body sleeps three hours and thinks it's rested enough. Then I'm really screwed.

Too bad it's raining here today. <_<

[yamerias]

People are probably going to think I'm odd with what I'm about to say…

The light makes me feel ill.

I function better in the dark, and also the cold too (as you can imagine this year has gone reasonably well so far). The Summer makes me feel awful and I suffer headaches even more than usual.

I had asked if there were any conditionsthat are the opposite to SAD (where a person cannot handle the Summer season) and apprently there is not, so perhaps it is all in my head.

either way, I find I sleep semi-reasonable in the Winter, but the Summer is Hell.

[IvanAleisterMesniaa]

During Autumn my sleeping is amazing, I love Autumn it's my favorite season it's so beautiful and I find the temperature is right, it makes me feel like I'm shedding away everything bad in my life for just a short time, great season.

[astradaemon]

I sleep better in the fall and winter, when I do get sleep. Any overcast day usually gives me hope. However, the sun keeps me going on the days after sleepless nights.

The only time I never have sleep problems is when I am visiting family in England.

In fact, I generally don't have a problem with jet lag regardless of where I travel to — an insomnia bonus.

[mspeekay]

'IvanAleisterMesniaa' wrote on '04:

During Autumn my sleeping is amazing, I love Autumn it's my favorite season it's so beautiful and I find the temperature is right, it makes me feel like I'm shedding away everything bad in my life for just a short time, great season.

I'm exactly the same (unless I've got a major depression going on!)

[IvanAleisterMesniaa]

'mspeekay' wrote on '04:

I'm exactly the same (unless I've got a major depression going on!)

Oh yeah? That's awesome I am not alone woot!

[mspeekay]

'IvanAleisterMesniaa' wrote on '04:

Oh yeah? That's awesome I am not alone woot!

You're never alone!

[primaryantagonist]

That is so weird! I sleep really well in autumn too!! 😮

I don't sleep much in summer but I find I don't always need as much, but, weirdly, I sleep better in sunlight. I feel like I need to be awake at night. there's more going on for me, for one thing, but i also wonder if it could be an anxiety thing — like not wanting to leave one's self vulnerable in the dark? it's like the world operates in the daylight and it can look after itself, but someone needs to be awake and with it at night. ??? latent Buffy complex? LOL whenever i sleep “normal” hours (like 12 – 8am), i wake up frequently and often have nightmares.

it's also hugely affected by temperature. I get extremely irritable when i'm too cold (i know that's pretty rich coming from Minnesota) and more tired, too. So in the summer, when it's warm, i sleep better and less. it's like when you can't get out of bed because the rest of the house is cold. you just resent getting out of bed, whether you're awake or not.

[MarinaFournier]

'astradaemon' wrote on '03:

I sleep better in the fall and winter, when I do get sleep. Any overcast day usually gives me hope. However, the sun keeps me going on the days after sleepless nights.

The only time I never have sleep problems is when I am visiting family in England.

In fact, I generally don't have a problem with jet lag regardless of where I travel to — an insomnia bonus.

I sleep better when it's chilly. I'd like to find out, travelling without a snorer, if I sleep better in Britain, too. Your lack of jet lag is indeed a bonus!

I do seem to have SAD, but I have a HappiLite for that (found it at CostCo one day, and have never seen one there since), and as many full-spectrum bulbs around the house as I can manage to find.

Due to a Peeping Tom in the early 80s, I slept with opaque curtains firmly closed, esp. if it was a first floor bedroom. Sometime in the late 90's/early 21st C, I found that I felt imprisoned with the opaque curtain closed, and began to sleep with the curtains open. I think I also needed the light to help wake up, then,and I'm sure it had something to do with SAD and quality of light. It did tend to be a dark house.

I knew someone with PTSD who had to have the house dimmed all the time, and it drove me nuts. So did her smoking, but that's another issue. Had the same issues with my father, while I was still in contact with him. I have since learned that preferring dim/dark rooms is often a symptom of PTSD.

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