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.
I've always hated warm weather too - can't imagine living in any warmer climate than this one, and any sustained hot waether makes me extra exhausted and irritable. I don't mind small amounts of sunshine, but I'm always relieved to see the approach of Autumn and the darker nights coming in.
People do profess to love it don't they? But they also have short memories about how any sustained heatwave becomes a hateful business for everyone. And yet it's almost a taboo thing to admit you prefer cold and even rainy weather. I'm out and proud about that!
I love the rain too and always feel so happy when Autumn approaches and we head toward darker nights, shorter days and cooler weather! Yes, people do indeed profess to love the hot weather - they don't seem to mind all the vegetation drying up, wildlife suffering, the old people struggling, not being able to sleep at night, lakes, rivers and reservoirs drying up, the air quality deteriorating and all the other ghastly things that happen when it it too hot! Just like you, when it is too warm I have no energy at all and can not understand how it seems to make people manic and energise them!