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lovethesun
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Posted by lovethesun, 02:24 13 December 2007

has anyone here talked to a new zealander or australian about sad during their winter. ie (may -sept)

lovethesun
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Posted by lovethesun, 03:37 13 December 2007

id like to talk to an australian to see if their experiences are the same as us northern hemisphere sufferers

rangers
joined 20 Dec 2006
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Posted by rangers, 10:02 13 December 2007

they dont get winter sad as such but i know they get hypomania and they call it spring fever.
also i was born in australia and left when i was one year old and the doctor told me this MIGHT have contibuted to my sad.
another interesting thing the doctor said that there is a theory(no concrete proof) that people with brown eyes such as myself which are born in the southern hemisphere as are more likely to suffer from sad. you notice that people from scandinavai counties with little light all have blue eyes and blonde hair. to absorb more light?

lovethesun
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Posted by lovethesun, 02:46 14 December 2007

actually most people in the tropics are dark skin,eyes and hair to protect them from the UV RAYS because the sun gets nearly overhead at noon all year!people in northern countries donèt get exposed to that much UV thats why we donèt need that extra pigment to protect us

Hadrian
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Posted by Hadrian, 03:00 14 December 2007

I would bet that most uf us saddies are brunettes.?

PurpleIvy
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Posted by PurpleIvy, 08:14 14 December 2007

Like me you mean??? I met Suzie, she is blonde too. Hmmm What about the rest of you?

Have a friend who is a Kiwi, he said when he was living on South Island he was affected by SAD.

Suzie
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Posted by Suzie, 08:16 14 December 2007

I am very fair skinned, pale blue eyes and blonde hair. In fact my father is Swedish so I think that blows that theory out of the water lol!!

PurpleIvy
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Posted by PurpleIvy, 08:18 14 December 2007

There HAVE to be exceptions Suzie!

Suzie
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Posted by Suzie, 08:30 14 December 2007

lol, yes your right mate xx

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Posted by Suzie, 09:05 14 December 2007

I did read that there is a higher percentage of people in the northern hemisphere, ie the scandanavian countries, suffering with SAD. This is partly due to that fact that they get shorter days and less sunlight but also people with fair skin tend to cover up in the sun to protect themselves from burning. This probhibits the skin being able to absorb vitamin D from the sunshine, which helps to eleviate depression.

Stained Glass Lady
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Posted by Stained Glass Lady, 12:02 14 December 2007

I have brown hair brown eyes so I guess I apply.

JeanneinCanada
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Posted by JeanneinCanada, 16:10 14 December 2007

blonde, blue, and very fair here.

If most of the world's population is dark hair/brown eyes, it would stand to reason that most SADites would be as well. Though there's also going to be alot of us blue eyed's too, coming from Northern countries is how we evolved as fair skinned people.

jeanne

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