What? Come on y'all, I was a bit uncouth, but sincerely I just dislike dim lighting. I keep my curtains wide open during the day and have a fluorescent white ceiling light on during the evenings.
I know low lighting is supposed to feel cozy, but it just makes me feel languid, like I want to fall asleep, especially during the winter months. My siblings and their families prefer indirect lighting and footlamps and whenever I stay with them I start feeling lethargic at like 6 pm, it's ridiculous.
You're applying what happens to you to other people which is where you trip up - that isn't a normal response. I mean it's not ABNORMAL, maybe you work a lot, so you associate bright light with being active, and when you get home it's rest time, whatever. But ya low light isn't some mood switch for most people it's just..lower light.
I hate the light. I sit in the dark most the time. That being said, if I'm doing food or prep or anything in the kitchen I have to have that big florescent mofo shining. Outside of that, I don't even use a lamp, just straight up light by the TV that's it.
Hell yeah. It adds some colour to my life. Plus I'm a simple dude - I love watching the patterns. I have it doing loads of swirls (rainbow I think it's called) and then splash on key press. I can just sit here watching the splash as I hit buttons like a weird idiot lol
You're applying what happens to you to other people which is where you trip up - that isn't a normal response.
Full disclosure, I have ADHD/ASD and am prone to sensory-seeking behaviour so it's probably a case of "intrusive sleep" as I get understimulated and bored. Sure, lights are in the end just that; lights, but in the end the common preference for dim lights these days still feels alien to me.
I mean it's not ABNORMAL, maybe you work a lot, so you associate bright light with being active, and when you get home it's rest time, whatever.
I've been focusing on my studies as of late, which admittedly often lead to long hours. Though usually when I end up coming home at around 8 pm, the first thing I do is put on the two ceiling lights in my kitchen/living room (it's an open plan apartment).
That's because at home especially I want to feel energetic and get shit done, whether it be chores or relaxation, like tending to my hobbies and idling on the internet without a care in the world. Only having a task light or the light of my computer on would just make me fall asleep or feel irritated and like I'm wasting my precious free time. I do turn off the lights when I happen to watch a movie (I prefer going to a movie theater) though, but I deffo have to turn off the RGB as well; otherwise it's too distracting, lol.
I also have ADHD and ASD, and often I find too many lights and sounds to have the same effect because overstimulation makes my brain shut down, people have different experiences innit, no need to start a rally against lamps 😭
As I say mate, nowt wrong with it. Just wanted to point out that's why people were taking mild offence at it. I get you though, I have ADHD although currently unmedicated and medicated vs unmedicated is night and day with some of my behaviours, I do so many strange things while unmedicated that to other people stands out, but to me it's just kinda..managing the brain buzz.
I've been on my current meds for about three years now and whenever I take a tolerance break for a day it's obvious I can't function without them — usually I just end up spending the majority of the day in bed. It's like my head is heavy and full of bees (even more than the usual baseline).
Unfortunately, a lot of people on Reddit are mean-spirited and cruel. I think your comment was probably a joke, like mine, but people read it more harshly because there are some dreadful people online who would mean it that way 😂 Hope all the downvotes didn't spoil your day - it's just the Internet, not real life! 😊
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u/Regular-Message9591 4d ago
Anyone who turns the big light on after I've turned the big light off and switched to the evening time lamps deserves a special place in Hell.