From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RArAE-0003iA-W6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:39:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD7F921C1DF; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:38:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7247721C12A for ; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:37:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzt12 with SMTP id zt12so7486048bkb.40 for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:37:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gDucbzLGjyn9n/5366Iul+2D5gMn45EXMxGA7lNsNu8=; b=JRt9erMCe/4X5FzlLyebEELhC7p2AHd9QMPhxjQYOYHKu6LeQpKkoNYQITRiDJgN4C Efj8fk9/1wa/brjvikAJWq19O1HHKGHLvaiOXqJvVZud9BaWeUJAB4G4KYt2Be4K3r9O wiv2ja0EtjFzFWYgIwRQ3PFzzanMZYJWVRhwE= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.143.26 with SMTP id s26mr253973bku.181.1317681464496; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:37:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.177.199 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:37:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 18:37:44 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 27f9816ea656709e8cada0d804772b06 On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Grant wrote: > Over the years I've found that the time I spend on the computer has a > negative affect on my mental/emotional health. =C2=A0It seems to suck the > life out of life and impair my ability to function in the real world. > I've tried various things to counteract the problem, but the only > thing that really works is not getting on the computer, and that works > really well. =C2=A0I think part of the problem is caused by my processing > information, but I think part is due to radiation/glare from the > laptop screen. Sitting inside at a computer all the time generally means you're not getting sunlight. In effect, you get winter depression year-round. Look into getting more sunlight. Failing that, try a full-spectrum lamp. > Has anyone dealt with this successfully? =C2=A0I'd love to > know how you did it. Made most of my friends online. Met my fiancee through a Facebook connection. Also, go outside regularly. --=20 :wq