Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else struggle with hot weather?
I find warm and hot weather really difficult to cope with and when it is like this I feel as though I can't do anything but try to survive until it cools down again. I am shut in the house with all the curtains drawn and windows closed. I open the windows for a while first thing in the morning to try and get the temperature inside to drop as much as possible, but as soon as the exterior temperature exceeds the interior temperature then I rush round and make sure all the windows are closed. In the winter I keep the thermostat at between 13 and 13.5 degrees C, and can't stand it warmer than that. Anything over 16 degrees C inside the house is a crisis for me. Right now it is 18.5 degrees inside and I can not function. I don't understand why other people seem to like it so much.
I also struggle with sunlight, it is too bright and intense and I cannot stand the feeling of it on my skin. I am also scared of getting skin cancer. I do everything I can to avoid going out in it. I prefer cold, dark, grey, cloudy, misty days. Foggy weather is my favorite, when sounds are muffled and everything is grey and cool.
Am I alone or does anyone else feel like this? It is very isolating and restricting.
heat and brightness, living nightmare, curtains in my room are always drawn
16 degree C is optimum for me too. at 20 I'm sweating even doing nothing
but winter time below 14 makes my feet stone cold and I can't sit in front of computer all the time
I'm glad you appreciate that heat and brightness mixed together are a nightmare! I have some amazing slippers from Poland that are made out of merino wool and come all the way up to almost my knees - then I can have the house at my ideal 13 degrees C and still have warm feet, even if I am sat not moving! 16 degree C inside in the winter is still too warm for me. In the summer it is manageable though.