i see a lot of neurodivergent people talk about how they can't handle bright white overhead lighting at home, so their preference is to have warm/yellow bulbs in lamps as the main source of household lighting, often with colouful neon lights/fairylights/candles as other secondary lighting sources. I feel like this is actually more common than we think but maybe there are some insane people who love or at least are indifferent to bright white overhead lighting. so poll time.

if you say bright white overhead lighting is your main lighting preference please tell me why

I'm autistic but I'm more sensitive to sound and touch, not light. I prefer bright cold white lighting because I like to be able to fucking see. Warm lighting makes me nervous because it's harder to clearly see things and it softens their colours.

I can handle it in rooms if I have a bright lamp to see what I'm actually doing though.

See I’m autistic and I find it *harder* for navigate im bright white spaces? Everything stands out so sharply and it looks so cluttered that it’s overwhelming, and the harshness of it gives me a headache and I get all anxious which makes things MORE difficult- it’s like being naked in public. I MUCH prefer mood lighting, but then again, I’m much more visually sensitive than touch and sound

So funny thing about this poll: my answer is, technically, yellow lamp light and then overhead for visibility. I decided this when thinking to myself I had the overhead on. Except, this is my overhead light rn:

Anyway this poll mostly reminded me that we need to call an electrician because EVERY SINGLE CEILING LIGHT IN THE HOUSE IS BROKEN AND I DIDN'T REGISTER IT UNTIL THIS POST MADE ME THINK ABOUT IT.