Sunlight isn’t just about warmth or scenery — it’s a vital nutrient. When daylight fades through fall and winter, your body feels it: lower motivation, slower mornings, heavier moods. That’s not weakness; that’s physiology. Light fuels your nervous system like food fuels your body. When it’s scarce, you need to nourish that system differently — through rhythm, nutrition, and conscious attention to where your energy is spent.

I truly and honestly felt that death was preferable to the terror I was experiencing every waking moment of my day.