Have you ever noticed that, all other things being equal, you feel better on a sunny day than on a cloudy one? Have you ever wondered why? I have…
For a while I just thought that maybe it is because on a sunny day it is generally warmer (and I like warm weather), the sky is prettier (my opinion), and you can do more things outside. I didn’t like that explanation very much because these were highly subjective reasons and, even then, they did not answer the question to my satisfaction.
It wasn’t until I grasped the concepts of quantum physics that I came up with an explanation that satisfied my brain. On Friday I wrote about how everything in this word is energy. So what does that have to do with the sun?
Well, quite a bit actually, since solar radiation is energy. Weather we are talking about the light itself or the UV radiation, they are all part of the electromagnetic spectrum – a range of frequencies and wavelengths of different electromagnetic waves ranging from radio waves to gamma radiation. When it is cloudy, or during the winter, only a reduced portion of those waves gets to us. That means that our bodies will absorb less energy on a cloudy day than on a sunny day (again, provided that all other things, like your clothing and the time you spend outside, remain the same).
More energy makes you feel really good; less energy makes you feel not as good. And this should be pretty intuitive. What would you say is a more ‘energetic’ state, excitement or depression? So when the sun is beaming, your body gets more energy making it easier to feel good. This is not to say that you cannot feel as good on a cloudy day, but in this case you need to draw on energy from other sources to compensate for the reduced portion of energy from the sun.
What do you think? Does that make sense?
Until next time,
V
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