Ad7 wrote:<]:^D wrote:loving this weather - keep it going for 2 months
o/
strawberry floating glorious.
Out of interest, this who aren't enjoying it, do you have a garden/access to outside space? Because when we lived in the first floor flat it would have been horrible, but now we can sit out I love it.
Yes, I have a garden. No, I'm not going to sit in it. Anything above, oh, 12-15 degrees is uncomfortable for me. I find temperatures like today and the heatwave last year unbearable. I hate the attitude (not directed at anyone here but I get it a lot at work) of "stop whinging, go outside and enjoy it". If I could I would. Temperature like this tend to have the following affects on me (in no particular order of severity):
My depression and anxiety get
a lot worse. I have to start taking anxiety tablets on top of my anti-depressants.
When I'm not feeling low I'm very quick to lose my temper (which isn't like me) and lash out. I spoke to the doctor about it last year and he thinks I suffer from summer SAD (yes it's a thing)
I can't sleep which feeds into my anxiety, depression and short temper. Last year was brutal, for weeks I was barely functioning on 2 maybe 3 hours of very broken sleep
My complexion gets worse. I'm 42, I get breakouts during the summer
I hate feeling sweaty
all the damn time
At it's worst the heat can actually make me so ill I throw up. Or get diarrhoea. And yes, I stay hydrated
I get that people enjoy this weather and I try not to rain on peoples parades but the heat has real, tangible negative effects on my health. The thing is, I love sunny days. Sunny days in spring, autumn and winter are the best. I just can't bear the heat. At a push I can maybe go for summer walks in the woods or by the sea if there is a nice breeze. I like the theory of summer but the practicalities of it just make it time to endure until it gets cooler. Which is a shame. I'd love to go to Japan in the summer for various festivals but I know the weather would literally* kill me
I'm completely different again in winter. I know it's probably a minority here but the cold puts me in such a better mood. I can go places and do things. I do most of my hiking in the winter (some in the autumn and spring too) Throw in weeks of snow (rare in this country) and I'm in my element.
*not actually literally