What Are the Benefits of Sun Lights?

Sun lights are lighting units that mimic actual sunlight and offer the benefits of sunlight without the harmful UV rays. Sun lights are effective in as few as 15 to 30 minutes each day. You can easily use them in your own home or office. A vast array of sun lights are on the market. Styles range from small to desktop units to floor lamps.

SAD

• Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a condition that leaves people depressed in seasons where there is less sunlight than usual. Winter is a prime time for the disorder, with cloudy skies and shorter days. Using a sun lamp gives you the boost of sunlight you need during the off-season.

Other Depression

• Sun lamps can treat depression that is not caused by a change in season or lack of sunlight, such as postpartum depression and clinical depression, the latter of which is the official name for the general condition. All types of depression leave folks feeling hopeless, sad, lethargic, riddled with despair and even unable to function. The state comes from many different reasons, one of which is the balance of brain chemicals. Sun lamps can induce biochemical changes in your brain that stave off depression.

OCD

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a condition marked with anxiety and fear of not being able to control the world around you. As the name implies, the condition comes with obsessions, or obsessive thoughts, and acting in a compulsive manner. Sun lamps help alleviate the obsessions and compulsions.

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

• Women suffering from premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, can also find relief with a sun lamp. The disorder causes depression, anger, anxiety, moodiness, panic and irritability. PMDD shares some of the same symptoms as PMS, but they are much more severe.

Other

• Sun lights and light therapy offer a number of other benefits. Sun lights help alleviate jet lag and some sleep disorders, getting your body back in tune with its biological clock. People who have problems adjusting to working the night shift or another change of routine that keeps them awake may also benefit from sun lights.