May 20, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
If sunshine can help relieve some of the weight of depression or feeling not right, can it help relieve chronic pain – even if just a bit?
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[...] pains – and I tend to feel better mentally when I feel better physically. Marijke at Help My Hurt mused on this topic back in May, and one reader commented that the sun helped her sometimes, but hurt at other times (such as [...]
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For me, sunlight is a double-edged sword. A beautiful sunny day will absolutely improve my mood and help with my mild depression, but sunlight is one of my big migraine triggers. So while mentally I feel better and sometimes my pain even feels better at first, if I’m outside too long (even with good sunglasses), my head feels worse.
-MJ