To say this weather is causing me to become depressed

I do this! I go inside shut the curtains and read with a fan on. Its lovely. Everyone thinks summer is the time to be going out and doing things and for some that's true, but for others its a time of chill and conserving energy.

Summer onset SAD is a real thing. I hate the heat. I struggle with my mental health and every single time I’ve had a real crisis it has been in summer.

I’m sorry OP. Just try to hang on to the fact that it IS temporary and autumn will come.

One of my therapists said if you need to get an air conditioner and close the curtains and light a nice candle then do that! Even if it’s 30 degrees and sunny. It’s not against the law.

Well ok, some have another week!!

A friend of mine and his wife moved from Yorkshire to just outside London a few years ago, largely driven by his wife's constant complaints about the weather up north. If he moans once more about how hot it is, I might point out that they chose this.

Look at this record of the weather South Wales 1816 to 1841.

For info, 90 degrees F is just over 32 degrees C

I think it's more that it's frustrating for those of us who struggle with cold, windy, rainy weather when we're the ones who have to put up with it for months on end, rather than a few weeks of summer. (And some of us cannot afford to adequately heat our homes so summer is the only respite we get!)

That said, I suspect OPs main problem is the lack of sleep, it will be making everything else difficult to deal with and causes depression.

OP, try sleeping under a damp sarong/sheet. I found this helpful when in very hot places. (By damp I mean wrung out, not washing machine spun.) If you can manage a good night's sleep the rest will be easier. Good luck x

Buy an air-conditioning unit for your bedroom. Problem solved.

Where do you live btw? I'm considering moving after reading so much about these tropical areas of the UK that I never knew existed, it rarely gets warm enough in Manchester to bother taking the covers off the garden furniture. So depressing.

Once again: days on end of temperatures above 30 degrees is not normal for the uk. Also, even if it were normal, why is it so difficult for some people to grasp that not everyone enjoys hot weather? We’re all different.

Wtf?

'asian background' ???

What on earth does that have to do with people feeling hot?

Shock horror I'm brown and also find it hot. As do all my brown friends and family.

Why? ..because it's hot!

WTAF?

We're not some other species that don't feel heat. Your comment is both strange and very offensive.

It’s literally been a few weeks of summer weather get a grip!

I'm up north and coastal, its cooler here but the humidity last week was unreal, like 80-90% according to met office. It felt really oppressive!

It’s been really mixed recently in my north west town- a lot of rain, some heat, bit of sun.

It's a shame we can't all have something in the middle. A nice dry 23-24 degrees all over. It's raining quite heavily here now and I've got the flipping tumble drier going 🙄

Night time temperatures are the issue for me. Don't mind hot days, can manage with them.

No wonder it got deleted. Absolutely unnecessary language to be used. Definitely not witty. Thanks for explaining. I am always late to the party.

Is this the first summer you've experienced or something?!

It's well know that June, July and August are our hottest months of the year. Most people can cope without making such a big deal over it.

Besides, the amount of hot weather we have lasts for far shorter than the months of where it's chucking it down with rain, dark, miserable, and there's a constant risk of slipping on ice whenever you set foot outside.

YABU because it’s not remotely hot where I live and it feels like Autumn. (south of Ireland)

We’ve had rain for the last two weeks and today is grey and drizzly with a high of about 17°c. I’m desperate to cut the grass as it’s so long but until it dries up for long enough, I’m stymied.

😭

Get some fans or an AC unit as others have suggested. Keep curtains closed during the day so house stays cool.

Get decent sunscreen that lasts 12 hours so you don't need to worry about reapplying for the kids.

They will come indoors and get a drink when they need it. Get a paddling pool out.

Does your partner not help with night time (sorry if you said you're a single mum and I missed that)?

It is hotter than usual but there are lots of ways of mitigating it.

In my opinion YAB massively U. But I LOVE the heat. And my toddler has been sleeping fine still. But of course you’re not really being unreasonable to feel that way!

I wasn't aware anyone was asking you to get anything in a twist.

Have a nice day.

I used to live in London and hot summer there were hard to cope with with the boiling tube, no garden and people playing loud music at all hours when I tried to keep the windows open...I hated it.

One of the many reasons why I moved back to the seaside 3 years ago. It makes things more bearable because we always get a sea breeze and we can cool off by the sea and swim when it gets really hot.

My point is your location plays a bit part. With climate change the heat is going to be a recurring issue in our Springs and Summers so if you are struggling that much you might consider moving to another part of the UK to cope better.

I lived in the South of France as well when I was a child/teen and mid-30s temperatures in the summer were common place so I go some resistance to the heat as a result but I know I could no longer cope with the 40s temperatures they are getting there now...

@verycloakanddaggers

im not a climate change denier, I’m just not gonna get my knickers in a twist over a few warm sunny
days…in summer.
I’m gonna enjoy them! 😎 I hate the cold and wet and dark

I second that. We’ve had a max of 24 degrees but nothing really ‘melty’ and lots of breezy days. The downside is that the winter storms are often more frequent/worse, but I love the summers!

We feel the same way.
Tired, depressed and bored.

My husband has hayfever, I have asthma, we both struggle through May, June & July. We're in the north west, but it's still too warm. Although yes, very thankful not to be in the south east.
We have a big hairy dog that we can't walk properly currently, because she struggles with heat. We can't eat or sleep. We want the windows open, but flies, bees and wasps come in during the day, then there's barbecue and garden fire pit smoke in the evenings. Noise is amplified; footballs, radios, speeding vehicles, which exacerbates my anxiety.

We long for autumn walks and the quietness of winter. It's the same for us every year, we just aren't summer people.