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The Hot is on its way

TheCatWoman

It's going to be getting hot and I'm dreading it, I feel so listless and ill in hot weather and thats anything over about 23.C, maybe 25.C at a stretch if we got a good breeze, but today its muggy and overcast, even with a breeze.

I don't want to ruin the other thread about summer with my complaining, but it's my worst time of year, the neighbours are being noisy, I can hear them and thier music even though the doors and windows are shut, there are herds of tourists so there are few places I can safely walk Fearn.

I get terrible water retention in hot weather and feel bloated all the time, I sweat buckets and feel thirsty, but also bloated with the amount of fluid I have to drink, I think my blood pressure crashes as I don't seem to be able to get cool, or get rid of the sweat and I feel dizzy much of the time, sometimes it gets so bad that I can't eat, I once went for 5 days without eating, I just couldn't swallow anything solid, I sometimes have to force myself to drink. I've been to the doctors, they've run loads of tests and can't find anything wrong. I think it's summer SAD, but theres almost nothing about this anywhere except one psychiatrist who believes its depression! Well Duh, of course I get depressed, I'm ill and I don't know why, I get shouted and complained at because I can't do the things most others enjoy and I'm just being "miserable and attention seeking" and then people wonder why I avoid others?

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I think if I were to insulate a home from scratch I'd use sheeps wool as it does for buildings what it does for sheep, keeps you warm when it's cold and cool when it's hot. I think many of our homes are poorly ventilated too, windows that don't open properly or to much, whilst you don't want a draft you do need air to circulate.

    The right sort of blinds can help a lot too, my parents used to have shade curtains in their old house, they were tightly woven cotton and quite stiff, but they kept the heat out and acted as an extra layer of insulation in winter.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Yes, I think that’s true of many homes.

    My home is great in the winter as it is a newish build and well insulated. The trouble is the walls hold the heat too much in the summer.

    My childhood home was an old Victorian house. It had thick, solid walls, draughty windows and a poor heating system. It was very cold in the winter but in the summer it felt so wonderfully cool, especially the north facing end.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I think so much of our housing stock is poorly designed, they can't cope with either extremes of temperature, hot or cold.