daylight while sleep= less serotonin produced |
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So Ive been thinking about human evolution and how for some reason or another we haven't evolved night vision even though it would be to our advantage to acquire such a trait. So it goes without saying that humans are by nature diurnal but my question is what are the negative health consequences of a human living a nocturnal lifestyle? I mean even if you get more than eight hours of sleep but you sleep during the day would we suffer any negative effects? |
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daylight while sleep= less serotonin produced |
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I am nocturnal by nature. I have perfect vision, but can't see in the dark (darnit lol) |
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Yeah, I've heard being nocturnal can cause depression and a host of other problems, and I believe it's true. I know if I try to stay up all night these days I get stomach problems. Not sure if it's the same thing. But I've been nocturnal for a long time and I'm pretty messed up. |
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Hmmmm... that does seem.... logical! |
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Last edited by Darkmatters; 09-28-2011 at 03:27 AM.
I lived the nocturnal lifestyle for a few months once and it was terrible. I started taking Vitamin D pills but that barely helped the feeling. Everything just felt wrong, never seeing the sunlight, like I was in some constant nightmare. All this, even though I am a 'night owl' and generally prefer when it's dark out. I suppose my mind still needs some daylight to feel sane. I have no idea whether the problem was chemical or psychological. |
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It would have been to our advantage to evolve wings and fire breath and teleportation, but dammitall. |
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Last edited by IndieAnthias; 09-30-2011 at 11:26 PM.
I know that feeling too. I'd be half-nocturnal, waking up in the afternoon and going to bed sometime before morning, and I decided that instead of depriving myself of sleep by waking up earlier, I'd just keep waking up later and going around the clock. I'd have to be totally nocturnal for a few days or more and it was awful. Looking out at black darkness and having to dread going through a whole day like that. Staying up into the night for a few hours is fun, but being nocturnal really sucks. |
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DILDs: A Lot
Most of the issues can be solved with like 15 minutes out in the sun. So even if you stay up late until the night and wake up an hour past noon, there is still penalty of daylight hours in the day to get some light. |
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That's true, but I wouldn't call waking up an hour past noon living nocturnally. |
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People tend to sleep ~8 hours a day, right...? So if you went to sleep when the sun started to come up at 6:30 for a solid 8 hours, you'd wake up at... 14:30. |
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Maybe, but it doesn't seem fully nocturnal to me because you'd still experience 6 or so hours of sunlight. At one point I would sleep at about 10am, and wake up at about 6pm. By the time I got ready and ate 'dinner' and had time to look outside, it was dark out. |
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But you could get a couple hours of sun before 10AM |
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I was lucky in that when I was working evenings and sleeping in the day I rode a bike, and I'd go to work at 4:00 or 5:00, so I was out in daylight for about a half hour every day. |
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We were designed for natural light and darkness. Not only would we miss the benefits of natural light but we'd also miss darkness as we'd be using artifical light. Light at night (including light pollution from your window even if you aren't even nocturnal) has been linked to cancer. I guess if you were nocturnal and made sure you slept in a really dark room then at least you'd be getting your dark hours though of course you still wouldn't be getting your daylight. |
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