Do you find you get the blues in winter or days without sun?

My roommate has SAD (seasonal affective disorder), so I know exactly what you're talking about nanajanet. He tends to "hide" from sunlight - when we first met, he was living in a single room with one window. That window was shaded by an enormous, overgrown rhododendron - and he had covered that window with a room darkening shade AND light blocking draperies. Even now, he lives in the one room in the house that has very little natural light. By contrast, both my bedroom and the living room have four BIG windows that face southeasterly and west, so that those rooms get full sunlight nearly the entire day. I love spending my time in those two rooms (and in the kitchen which gets a little less light but is still sunny and bright). Some of the things you might do to help are: 1. Switch your regular light bulbs to light bulbs that give full-spectrum natural light (here's something about that from mercola.com - http://products.mercola.com/light-bulbs/ ) and make sure that you have light on at least 8 hours a day. Those bulbs also happen to be more energy efficient, so you'll probably see a savings on your electric bill, too. 2. Pull back the drapes. I know my mother's winter curtains were always heavy and dark. I try to use transparent plastic to reduce heat loss, but make sure that the windows are unblocked as much as possible during sunlight hours to let in as much sun as possible (bonus - the sunlight warms up the house and cuts down on heating costs too) 3. Make a standing date with a friend or neighbor to get outside for a while every single sunny day. Take a walk around the block together, or find a coffee shop with a sunny window and have a coffee together. You get the double bonus of company and sunlight. Those are just a few suggestions - I'm sure others can come up with other ideas, too.

We the people of tropical countries get enough sun light.So we get enough Vitamin D.I heard in cold countries especially in Europe most of the people suffer from skin diseases due to want of sun light.In tropical countries this prblem is much less.In rainy season(June to August) most of the time our sky remains cloudy.Then I feel bore.The whole winter our sky remain full blue,no cloud.I also like blue sky.But in our city life we can only see a piece of sky.