For the past several years, I have developed an aversion to sunlight. Like this morning I am hungry, but I don't want to go outside due to the sunlight. It seems to be worse when I'm depressed, and I am depressed almost every day. I get a few hours of relief from the depression by riding my exercise bike and feeling good afterwards.

I live and work in a warehouse with no windows. I have no commute, and my workday starts before the sun rises and ends after the sun sets (this time of year). Part of my job is to dispatch people who are on call 24x7x365 so I constantly carry a cell phone that rings every hour or so and I always have a pen and paper in my pocket for taking notes. A year ago, I had a weekend off when a friend visited. Thanksgiving, Christmas, it doesn't matter - ring, ring, ring.

I can't get to sleep at night until midnight and then I must wake up before 5:30 AM for work at 6:00 AM. I wonder if this is sunlight related. I'm thinking of buying an artificial sunlight lamp, but I hate sunlight. I was also thinking of forcing myself to go for a walk in the sun today.

I've heard some people become afraid to go outside. That might be part of what is happening with me, but it's mostly sunlight I dread.

Has anybody else felt this way?