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Coping with hot weather

NAS79256
over 2 years ago

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.

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  • over 2 years ago

    It was so interesting reading all the replies and I do feel less alone, I felt like crying when people shared things that they don't like about the hot weather that I can relate to so well. So thank you. I just wanted to add that another reason that I find hot weather difficult to cope with is that I feel as though, because most people like it, it changes the energy of the general public. When it is warm, there are more people out and about and people seem to get more manic and louder. I suffer with very bad social anxiety and find it difficult enough to leave the house as it is but when there is more likely to be groups of people sitting or standing around then it is impossible for me to walk past them. This sounds terrible, but when people are happy, relaxed and friendly, I find them to be scarier and more unpredictable as they are more likely to approach you or speak to you and they are more likely to be in a social mood. People in high spirits and in socialising mode are utterly terrifying to me. I would literally rather sit in an empty room and watch paint drying for a whole month than to spend one day at a festival, carnival or party, especially if it was a hot sunny day! I much prefer it when it is cold and raining, the streets are deserted and anyone that you do meet is scurrying along desperate to get back indoors!

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  • over 2 years ago

    It was so interesting reading all the replies and I do feel less alone, I felt like crying when people shared things that they don't like about the hot weather that I can relate to so well. So thank you. I just wanted to add that another reason that I find hot weather difficult to cope with is that I feel as though, because most people like it, it changes the energy of the general public. When it is warm, there are more people out and about and people seem to get more manic and louder. I suffer with very bad social anxiety and find it difficult enough to leave the house as it is but when there is more likely to be groups of people sitting or standing around then it is impossible for me to walk past them. This sounds terrible, but when people are happy, relaxed and friendly, I find them to be scarier and more unpredictable as they are more likely to approach you or speak to you and they are more likely to be in a social mood. People in high spirits and in socialising mode are utterly terrifying to me. I would literally rather sit in an empty room and watch paint drying for a whole month than to spend one day at a festival, carnival or party, especially if it was a hot sunny day! I much prefer it when it is cold and raining, the streets are deserted and anyone that you do meet is scurrying along desperate to get back indoors!

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