Zoe Thomson, 22, an office administrator, was diagnosed with depression and generalised anxiety at 19 and says the heat and humidity make her feel claustrophobic and so trigger her anxiety.
She says the worst thing about mental health struggles in summer is "feeling left out" and feeling the pressure to be happy and "joining in with everyone else's fun". It's a similar story for year-old student Alice Wardman, who has had depression and anxiety for a few years.
Most often, it means feeling pressured to be sociable when she doesn't always want to be. Olivia Callaghan, 25, a mental health advocate who works in retail, lives with bipolar disorder, anxiety and bulimia, and has self-harmed in the past.
She also cites the "pressure to have a good time in the sun when all you want to do is to crawl back into bed and sleep" as a burden. It's also a difficult time of year for Callaghan because she has self-harm scars. Ricky Thamman, 39, a graphic designer who hosts a mental health radio show called Mentally Sound , lives with anxiety and depression and says the heat is a "trigger", stopping him from being able to control his symptoms. I regularly carry water and freeze gel, sometimes freeze spray used to treat sports injuries.
I don't socialise, travel, or go out in general in high temperatures. And I still take pleasure in a judicious amount of tanning, both for the look and feel of it, though these days I am more likely to do so after p. Mostly, however, I long for a return to the inherent coziness of autumn, counting the days until the weather turns crisp and you can once again put on your favorite cashmere sweater, bought on 60 percent markdown at Barneys New York, and linger happily indoors.
Not a pair of overly tight white capris—or some dude wearing flip-flops, airing his gnarly toenails—in sight. What a relief! No season gets better press than summer. Some people become sick as a result of the arrival of summer. This condition is known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. Seasonal affective disorder comes with the apt acronym SAD. Most cases are related to winter, when days are shorter, nights are longer, and the cold keeps people holed up indoors instead of outside, absorbing sunlight.
Most evidence points to decreased sunlight affecting our circadian rhythm. This is the hour cycle that drives your sleep-wake schedule and drops serotonin levels. Serotonin is the brain chemical that affects mood. People who experience SAD during winter tend to feel listless and gloomy, and experience changes in sleeping and eating patterns. People with MDD with seasonal pattern have reported experiencing insomnia, loss of appetite and agitation or anxiousness. Too much sunlight turns off melatonin production.
The air is balmy, spirits are high—and I hate it all. Yeah, I said it: hate. I hate the pretty trees in the park that blow pollen directly into my sinuses.
I hate the flies, mosquitoes, the wasps, and the ants. I like my coffee hot, my temperatures cold, and my limbs swaddled in at least two layers of fabric.
I am, against all logic, someone who just cannot stand a warm summer day—and yes, I know this fact deeply offends you. So instead, I live my life in Summer Haters Anonymous, hiding my true winter-party alignments until another cold-weather ally quietly reveals themselves.
Like, you know that heavy despair you feel when winter arrives? When it gets dark at 4 p.
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