The Benefits of Natural Light For Your Mental Health

Can Natural Light Help With Mental Health?

We are used to people talking about how too much sun can be harmful to your skin, but it is important to remember that the right balance can have lots of benefits for your mental health. Exposure to sunlight is known to increase the brain’s release of a hormone called serotonin, so without enough sun exposure, your serotonin levels can dip, causing your mood to also dip. 

Let’s take a look at some of the benefits natural light has on your mental health.

Provides Us With Vitamin D 

Daylight is our fundamental source of Vitamin D, which is the key ingredient in strong bone development. Unfortunately, a lack of vitamin D has been linked to depression and obesity. Being around natural lightings allows our body to strengthen itself, and it is such a simple and easy thing to surround yourself with. 

Improves Our Productivity

Every day, we need to be productive, whether we are doing our day job or working around the house, we need to remain productive and efficient. One of the biggest benefits of natural light is that it makes us more productive. It is known that particularly in the workplace, natural light is linked to improving productivity and efficiency.

Being productive is proven to improve your mental health because if you know that you are busy doing things, especially things that have benefits, then you are going to feel much better about it. 

Improves Psychological Wellbeing

It has been proven that a lack of daylight can make us feel down, depressed and anxious, the increase of people suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder proves how important daylight is to our mental wellbeing. It’s obvious, no one likes getting up and going to work during the dark and cold winter months, so making sure you create enough natural light in your home will help you combat negative psychological wellbeing.

Ways To Get More Natural Light

Now you know the benefits of natural lighting, how can you help increase the natural lighting in your home? An increase of mirrors in your home can help, as the sunlight can reflect from the window against the mirror, which will provide more brightness in the room.

Did you know that you can lighten your room up just by using certain colours on the walls? Colours close to white, such as light coloured pastels, reflect plenty of rays within a room. 

Getting more light within your home, won’t make all your problems go away, but it will improve your situation enough to make a difference. 

Here at Yard Direct, we have a wide range of windows that you can have installed in your home to help bring in the natural light. We have a choice of brands, sizes and glazing options, depending on your preference. Take a browse through our website to find out more information.