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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Waking up and starting the day in darkness is even more detrimental to mental health than spending the evening in the dark, because light stimulation in the morning is what actually aligns our inner clock. DST all year round would shift our circadian rhythm and social time further apart, worsening sleeping problems and affective disorders.

But don't take my word for it - there are many smarter people than me who actually researched this. For example:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0748730419854197

https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8780

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9208433/