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holdouttrout) wrote2022-01-08 06:29 pm
holdouttrout) wrote2022-01-08 06:29 pm
Entry tags:
Light Therapy, Plants, and Movies
In the spirit of trying to get more into this whole "maintaining a blog" with "actual content" thing... have some random notes about my life? Is this what we do? I'm so out of practice!
1. I just got a Verilux light thing and I read the instructions... and yet I still don't know that I know what to do with it. I just... let it cast light upon my visage? And that's supposed to do... something? Has this been peer-reviewed? My therapist suggested it, and one friend has assured me that yes, light upon thine visage Does Something and should be attempted.
2. I acquired plants during the pandemic (like just about everyone else), and I have a camellia with leaves that keep turning brown. I finally got around to looking up why that might be, and it's either fungi or pests, so... I need to get rid of the affected leaves and if that doesn't work, then use oil on them. If any of you have more suggestions on that, let me know.
3. I watched Encanto and really liked it. It made me cry a bit, but in a good, cathartic way, so yay!
4. I'm just about to sit down and watch Matric: Resurrections. I might try to do an ETA or comment or something on thoughts after I finish.(ETA: There is in fact a tiny comment, feel free to comment on that thread.)
1. I just got a Verilux light thing and I read the instructions... and yet I still don't know that I know what to do with it. I just... let it cast light upon my visage? And that's supposed to do... something? Has this been peer-reviewed? My therapist suggested it, and one friend has assured me that yes, light upon thine visage Does Something and should be attempted.
2. I acquired plants during the pandemic (like just about everyone else), and I have a camellia with leaves that keep turning brown. I finally got around to looking up why that might be, and it's either fungi or pests, so... I need to get rid of the affected leaves and if that doesn't work, then use oil on them. If any of you have more suggestions on that, let me know.
3. I watched Encanto and really liked it. It made me cry a bit, but in a good, cathartic way, so yay!
4. I'm just about to sit down and watch Matric: Resurrections. I might try to do an ETA or comment or something on thoughts after I finish.(ETA: There is in fact a tiny comment, feel free to comment on that thread.)
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I think you are supposed to put the light on your desk or wherever and be near it for about half an hour in the morning every day. It's very effective against Seasonal Affective Disorder's depression. But if you shine it on yourself in the afternoon it can upset your sleep.
Good luck!
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(You can also feel if you've overdone with a dosage time that's too long, if you start feeling like you've downed ten espressos.)
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I. Fucking. Loved. It.
It was ridiculous and dumb in exactly the ways I hoped.
All behold the power of loooooove!
*goes off to giggle maniacally*
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Yup, let it cast light upon thy visage, from within 30 cm of the box depending on its specs (you can have it a bit above your eye-line), first thing in the morning, for anything from 15 to 90 mins depending, and yes, there is peer-reviewed research and it's fascinating!
I wrote a whole post about light box usage, way back when: https://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/416438.html
I use a lightbox all year round as an adjunct to my meds cocktail (it helps for non-seasonal depression too), and am in fact parked in front of mine even as I type.
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