When it’s dreary outside, Claire Steinke feels “completely drained”. Because of how little natural light her house gets, she hates working from home as it makes her feel depleted. To counter those feelings, the founder of online retail store Soul Mothers tries to squeeze in as much time outdoors as possible, starting the day by feeding her chooks and tending her garden.
Exposing ourselves to too much artificially bright light at night can also affect our mental health, with the researchers finding an association between such light and an increased risk of major depressive disorder and generalised anxiety disorder. Study author Associate Professor Sean Cain from Monash University’s School of Psychological Sciences says our brains “evolved to work best with bright light in the day and then with almost no light at night”. And yet, he says, we now spend “around 90 per cent of the day indoors under electric lighting, which is too dim during the day and too bright at night compared to natural light and dark cycles”. These behaviours are “confusing our bodies and making us unwell”.
Marc Cohen, a medical doctor and professor of natural medicine, agrees that light exposure has a significant impact on our health.
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