Suffering from light anxiety

I am light greedy. It’s a long, dark winter here in Stockholm and now that we finally have long days of light, I want to soak them up. But I will be missing out on the long light for two weeks while I travel to the US and I am rather resentful about it. That sounds petty of me, doesn’t it? But if you haven’t been through a winter here, you just can’t understand my anxiety. Rationally, I know that I will have a great time seeing family and friends. But the light-deprived part of me still feels a bit cheated. You see, the sky is light here around 3.30 in the morning. And there’s still a beautiful pink light in the sky at 10.30 pm. What this means is that the night is not very long this time of year and I absolutely love that. I need that. It’s my payback for all the dark of winter. So that’s why I feel just a little bit grumpy about giving up my long hours of daylight, even if it’s just for two weeks.

Tagged as: Light therapy, Summer light in Stockholm, the light, the light in winter, writing about Sweden