21 and falling back to standard time makes the change more abrupt, triggering for many seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, a type of depression that occurs during the late fall and early winter. The days will continue to get shorter as we move toward the winter solstice on Dec. Winter depression is real, even without a pandemic. The poll revealed some other mental health red flags: 36 percent had difficulty sleeping 32 percent had difficulty eating 12 percent increased their use of alcohol or drugs and 12 percent said chronic conditions had worsened due to worry and stress over the coronavirus. adults said their mental health had been negatively affected due to worry and stress over the pandemic, a jump of more than 20 points from March, when the national mental health advocacy nonprofit added the question to polling. "I think suddenly the sense of feeling annoyed or irritated because of something that was not detected might bring the person's attention to the idea that they weren't fully able to concentrate, the fatigue, perhaps a sleepiness was stealing some of their attention and their concentration ability," she said.In a mid-July KFF Tacking Poll, 53 percent U.S. That has the potential to make it harder for most people to fall asleep at night, disrupting sleep quality and leading to sleep loss, which can negatively impact health and safety.”Īccording to Sexton-Radek, mood changes, fatigue and an inability to concentrate are some of the biggest indicators your body isn't adjusting to the time change properly. “Shifting to permanent daylight saving time in the winter would result in more darkness in the morning and more light in the evening, leading to misalignment between the body’s daily rhythm and the timing of routine social obligations, like work or school. "Light is the most powerful timing cue for the human body clock,” Erin Flynn-Evans, who has a doctorate in health and medical science and is director of the NASA Ames Research Center Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, said in a statement. Such shifts can cause mood changes, fatigue, concentration issues, and more, Sexton-Radek said.
"The movement in time creates a type of need for orientation and reacclimating, which puts a person off-center," she told NBC 5 Chicago. Kathy Sexton-Radek, a consultant for the AASM Public Safety Committee and professor of psychology with a special interest in sleep medicine at Elmhurst College, said the time change can "skew or put off center the normal systems that trigger structures within our mind, within our brain that tell us through hormone cues and brain chemistry when it's time to be awake and when it's time to be asleep." Suspect taken into custody after person shot in suburban Mount Prospectĭr. Meanwhile, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine has been for years been calling for a permanent switch to standard time, saying "there is ample evidence of the negative, short-term consequences of seasonal time changes." It reduces crime. During Daylight Saving Time, more people are out conducting their affairs during the daylight rather than at night, when more crime occurs.During Daylight Saving Time, more people travel to and from school and work and complete errands during the daylight. It saves lives and prevents traffic injuries.During Daylight Saving Time, the sun sets one hour later in the evenings, so the need to use electricity for household lighting and appliances is reduced. People tend to spend more time outside in the evenings during Daylight Saving Time, which reduces the need to use electricity in the home. Also, because the sunrise is very early in the morning during the summer months, most people will awake after the sun has already risen, which means they turn on fewer lights in their homes. The DOT's website highlights the following: Under the conditions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Daylight Saving Time starts the second Sunday in March and ends the first Sunday in November, representing an extension from previous years.īefore that, the clocks had sprung ahead the first Sunday in April and remained that way until the final Sunday in October.Īccording to the Department of Transportation, Daylight Saving Time has a number of benefits. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent by voice vote, the House of Representatives has yet to take up the bill, and President Biden's administration has not formed a stance on the legislation. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.
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