reaction to atmospheric pressures and sunlight?

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i am photosensative- negatively- stressed, confused, but also sensative to atmospheric pressure-usually positive, as with storms- feel full of energy, happy and excited etc. i know this is fairly common in a.s.

i am calmest at night, as the air/atmosphere/world seems MUCH calmer.

is this for the same reason? is this air i am in PHYSICALLY different at night?- ions charged differently or something? or is it just an absence of light, and less noise (to which i am also sensative).

if it is pyhsically different, is there any way of mimicking this in the daytime??

(i began googling this, but got waylayed by a study on the effect of negatively charged ions in pajamas on rectal temprature- how hillarious is that?? it sounds so random.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1538 ... t=Abstract )

All those scheming and plotting NT brains are turned off at night so there's less of that in the air?

I don't know, interesting subject. The night is wonderfully calm, that's why I hate summer, there's just too many hours of light.

I am similar - very stressed and confused in hot sunny weather, but feel much clearer after a thunderstorm.I've never noticed how I'm affected by atmospheric pressure but often wondered if it explains why I feel good some days and bad on others. On days when there is swirling wind and rain in the air I tend to feel absolutely awful.

I have often wondered whether it is to do with ionisation in the air. I am also much better at night and in the early hours of the morning when it is calm and quiet.

yes- in fact that is exactly what i did think for a whle, but never having heard a single thing about brains giving off ions or energy etc, thought it must be the atmosphere.
but this IS how it feels sometimes. . .

Odd, I like bright natural light. I get depressed if I don't get enough.

Now hot, muggy weather I can't stand. I like it in the 60sF and low humidity.

I hate light with a passion... It burns my eyes... I prefer dim lighting, and cannot stand being outside when it is not cloudy.

My skin is very sun sensitive and I need to be in the shade - this is probably due to very fair skin, though, not AS. And the sun can actually hurt. Maybe that part is AS.

I tend to feel very tired when a low pressure system is coming in, but perk up when it's windy or has rained enough to clear the air. I think a lot of people are like that.

I also find the quiet at night relaxing. It may be that there is simply a lot less noise, plus also less fear that my neighbours will startle me with something, but it does feel like it is because all those noisy brains are quiet for a change.

i love the heat and hot weather but i find the brightness blinding. I spend most of my time indoors. My workspace is called "the cave" by others who see how dark it is.

I enjoy extremes of atmosphere and temperature. The more sensory experience, the better. There is an interesting correlation between the state of the environment I am in, and my emotional state. If the air is hot or cold, or it is storming, or it is cloudless and blustery, each of these things excites certain emotions in me. If it is your run-of-the-mill average mild partly cloudy day, I can feel listless and bored and even a little sad.

Natural sunlight is a good thing, but I do not like constant bright light unless it is in the context of an outdoor excursion, and I've planned for it. For one thing, sudden bright light can trigger an involuntary sneezing response, due to faulty nerve signals in my brain. But I generally just feel irritated by the brightness. I keep myself in relative darkness with soft, small-area-focused lighting if possible.