Gran Hazel
My mother wouldn't sit under a fluorescent tube if you paid her. Said it made her feel like a lettuce in a shop fridge. Turns out she had a point.
The ABC talked to a neurologist, Patrick Aouad, who calls harsh overhead lighting with no daylight a design flaw, because it throws out the body's clock. Bond University's Libby Sander found open-plan noise and interruption had a causal link to stress: a 34 per cent rise in measured physiological stress and a 25 per cent rise in bad mood. People report eye strain, headaches, dizziness. Aouad says a badly designed office can push you into what he calls a survival state.
I'll give the science this one. It's caught up with Mum again, and she's been gone twenty years.
The fixes are plain. Turn the overheads off and use a lamp. Ask for a dimmer, a quiet corner, a day at home. If your office is wearing you out, it's not weakness. It's the lights, love. Say so.
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2026-10-05
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