Daylight Power; Bright Light Therapy
Daylight Power
Bright Light Therapy
When the summer is over and the dark winter days follow, the following symptoms can occur:
- Lack of energy
- Feeling down
- Tired; difficulty of getting out of bed
- Increased need for sleep but not feeling fit
- More eating and gaining weight
- Emotionally unstable
Our biological clock functions on daylight and if some people do not receive enough daylight during the day, this can have a lot of influence on their state of mind
Often not recognized as SAD or the winterblues, there is simple treatment for this type of depression; Bright Light Therapy. .
In the Netherlands app. 450.000 people suffer from a winter depression or SAD every year. There is an even larger group of 1.200.000 individuals who suffer from a milder version called the winterblues. About 75% of people suffering from SAD are women. The most common age of onset is at the age of thirty.
The Daylight Power can be used to treat or prevent the winterblues but also to help regulate your biological clock if you work nightshifts.
2 Philips PLL-L36/865 lights.
10.000 Lux: 23 cm distance.
40 x 58 x 13 cm
