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Why do older people choose such terrible lighting? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca
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I swear, they like to live in a news studio-level brightness. Its all overhead lighting and bright, cool light at night

Absolute sensory hell for me.

Straw poll: which looks better?

Theyre both too brightly lit imo but the warm is definitey nicer. I want to escape any room place lit like the right

Tap for spoilerNow, imagine its like the cool white, but its even brighter and o'erheadπŸ’€

Skeleton's be cool white...

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Well, if one has difficulties with waking up suddenly and in high stress, keeping a light on decreases the time to orient oneself, and thus return to a less stressful state

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    I would think its more on the chronically activating side. Like, thats almost like saying if you keep your basal cortisol levels high you dont have such a spike when something really crazy happens. Like, a an acute spike is preferable to a chronically high tonic or whatever

    I cant conceive of how it would ever be compatible or conducive with a lower stress state. My favorite classrooms when I was a kid were when the teacher had all the lights off and it was sort of like a chillin' zone

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Well, it's definitely individual. Not everyone responds to the same things in the same way.

    That being said, PTSD and cPTSD are prone to causing nightmares that either replay, or are similar to the originating trauma/s. When that's the case, part of the stress on waking is that time it takes to come back to reality. Being in the dark, fumbling around, those seconds cam feel like forever. But when there's already light, you can just see your surroundings and know it's over.

    Back in my group therapy and support group days, it really shocked me how many of the others kept lights on for that same reason. Folks that were more depression centric in their symptoms didn't get much benefit from keeping lights on, but the anxiety and panic attack folks often did.

    On the flip side though, I'm also very much chilled out by dim lighting or darkness when fully awake.

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