The distance between here and there is an hour…
Everybody but Arizona, Indiana, Hawaii and Puerto Rico has lost a valuable hour of sleep while gaining an extra sixty minutes of sunrays. Seven months later it’ll be like returning home from a sixty thousand mile summer vacation with cranky brothers and sisters sitting next to you.
Research shows having more sun is a farming issue but to city slickers like me, Daylight Savings Time is nothing more than a well fed seed ready to blossom into a darker side. Lisa Farino from MSN Fitness reports that it’s normal to experience extreme mental breakdowns due to what your heart body and soul recognize as being a continuation of winter.
Who doesn’t love the sun? And how much of that sun did you have when waking up this morning? You’re system is convinced that winter isn’t over. Winter depressions hit their peak when the big hand whips around the clock’s face like it doesn’t have a care in the world.
Dark morning’s not lighter days trigger Seasonal Affective Disorder.
When people are depressed the crime rate increases; with it personal addictions rise such as alcohol consumption and drug use, an overdose of caffeine in whatever cup it’ll fit into…sorry Jimmy Buffett the thought of Margaritaville being a reason to suck down flavored ice has nothing to do with your beach loving sounds and everything to do with hanging a classic buzz on trying to score more morning sunshine.
The best way around this giant stick in the mud isn’t to hash it out with coworkers and the boss but to readjust your life and light. Reset the alarm clock to tick and tock all it wants but don’t go off until there’s a break of light on the horizon’s we chase. If that doesn’t work, I once worked with a morning radio show host that invested in a daylight lamp that filled his area with rays that resembled the morning sun.
Dr. Michael Terman believes it only takes thirty minutes a day in front of a light box to kick start your heart. Instead of sitting in a gray cubical hoisting chocolate and oversaturated fruits like apples and carrots to your lips…rock the joint with a light show designed to turn your workday into a success story.
Depression is a serious disease and shouldn’t be ignored. Don’t ever ignore or write off depression as something you can easily get over because just like every disease it has constant permission to interfere with everything that makes up your life. If someone tells you to perk up your mood take it as a sign that something could be wrong. Depression is nothing more than a clown’s face designed to fool even the carrier.
Working out or joining a Martial Arts school does help but an addition to an endorphin rush is no different than feeding meth into your veins. The very moment the endorphins fade back into their natural place you know who is knocking on your door. I write every morning before sunrise to measure the distance between the peaks and valleys. By rubbing my fingers over the pages I’m able to determine how much of my inner core is under pressure. Subject matter means nothing; we’re all actors. We lie to ourselves everyday when we look in the mirror.
Moving clocks up then back does more damage to the working force of America than a hard freeze in Florida and California but the farmers were here first. Know you are not alone. Find out more about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and get back to feeling incredible.
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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