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To feel a weird feeling this time of year…

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Isitjustmeee · 12/09/2022 19:40

I love September and actually love Autumn, when it properly kicks in, but feel slightly odd at the moment…this in between stage from the crazy rush of summer and people. It feels quite eerie in a strange way, I appreciate the calm but felt quite lonely the last few days 🤷🏻‍♀️
Not sure if I’m just being crazy

Anyone else?

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Talland · 12/09/2022 20:23

Is it possible you are hyper sensitive to changes in the electricity grid?

Antarcticant · 12/09/2022 20:25

Rosewaterblossom · 12/09/2022 20:22

I've found this year it's like someone switched off summer and it got darker and rainy the next day. We had so long of bright, sunny, long days then all of a sudden the nights drew in quickly and the weather became cloudy/rainy.

Yes! Exactly.

TastesLikeFlavourlessFizz · 12/09/2022 20:30

@Blueeyedgirl21 Have my very first LTB. Wink You don’t need that kind of negativity in your life.

Blueeyedgirl21 · 12/09/2022 20:31

@TastesLikeFlavourlessFizz I am honoured !! I’m going to have a cava and drink it out of my insulated wine cup so I can have two glasses in there at once without being judged

pagopago · 12/09/2022 20:35

Today where I am was very hot and sunny, and humid. Still very humid now. Doesn't feel right for September. It's been a long hot summer and it feels like there is no end in sight, even though the evenings are now much darker.

Also the general weirdness in the air at the moment given the Queen's passing and a change of PM, and the aftermath of Covid. Life before 2020 seemed a lot different.

Things will get better.

TastesLikeFlavourlessFizz · 12/09/2022 20:37

@Blueeyedgirl21 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Stealth drinking. I like it.

Always4Brenner · 12/09/2022 20:40

I’m very low again today but that’s because loads of shit (dreams shattered big time dwp worries end of marriage though that’s a relief new home worries will I get one) in my life at the moment but autumn this year just makes me sad I love the colours but can’t feel excited about anything. I dread this winter I wish it was March April.

RedRobyn2021 · 12/09/2022 20:42

I feel the same. I usually love this time of year, but I'm feeling on edge at the moment worrying about money/work/bills and it's kind of spoiling the best time of year

Tonkerbea · 12/09/2022 20:46

I've been feeling so strange too, this thread is very reassuring! It's like I'm waiting for something bad to happen. This feeling was before the Queen sadly passed away, and I still have a fluttery anxious feeling and I'm overanalyzing all my interactions.

containsnuts · 12/09/2022 20:57

I get this every year and it starts about a week before the schools go back. A sort of background dread. I think it's the impending gloomy weather, winter illnesses, the pressures of christmas and then a long icey stretch until spring.

I often wonder if I would feel differently if the schools were off over winter or if christmas was in summer - maybe I should move to Australia.

Just my thoughts.

GremlinDolphin4 · 12/09/2022 21:29

I get a specific feeling at this time every year - melancholic excitement is the only way I can describe it!

Moveorstay2022 · 12/09/2022 21:31

It's also been full moon!

I feel so weird at the moment, very teary,.and when the seasons change my appetite goes through the roof, I'm starving and I've already eaten so much today. This happens at every season change, I have no idea why.

MaryQueenOfSwots · 12/09/2022 21:31

I get this every changing of the seasons. Fine when the new season has properly started but weird in the transition period.

DialsMavis · 12/09/2022 21:38

I feel a bit edge and agree about melancholy scratching at the door. I have put it down to worries about the winter ahead and the fact I cast them from my mind while the weather was so gorgeous. Now everything feels a bit ominous....

SofiaSoFar · 12/09/2022 21:41

One of the reasons it feels to be an odd time of year is because we're around the period where the days shorten most quickly - by 4 mins per day.

We go from broad daylight at 6am to darkness, and the light evenings are soon gone.

I love autumn and winter but the transition from summer is quite tough, I think.

Abracadabra12345 · 12/09/2022 21:42

pagopago · 12/09/2022 20:35

Today where I am was very hot and sunny, and humid. Still very humid now. Doesn't feel right for September. It's been a long hot summer and it feels like there is no end in sight, even though the evenings are now much darker.

Also the general weirdness in the air at the moment given the Queen's passing and a change of PM, and the aftermath of Covid. Life before 2020 seemed a lot different.

Things will get better.

I agree with all you’ve said here. And I’m so bored with bloody summer, just crack on with proper autumn!

Abracadabra12345 · 12/09/2022 21:43

containsnuts · 12/09/2022 20:57

I get this every year and it starts about a week before the schools go back. A sort of background dread. I think it's the impending gloomy weather, winter illnesses, the pressures of christmas and then a long icey stretch until spring.

I often wonder if I would feel differently if the schools were off over winter or if christmas was in summer - maybe I should move to Australia.

Just my thoughts.

I’d love a long icy stretch but it will probably be wet and mild 😫

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Isitjustmeee · 12/09/2022 21:46

It’s definitely the darker nights too and how it seems so sudden this year 🤷🏻‍♀️I’m sure it’s not usually so quick…was lay reading to Dd at bedtime before and pitch black so quickly and quiet streets etc…just so different from summer. I live in a holiday place and the change is huge..the house isn’t quite right either..I’m not in the cosy lights, candles and fire phase yet, so it’s just dark early-light on and quite bare and quiet..just weird vibes!

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WhatIsThisMad · 12/09/2022 21:49

Im feeling the same! All discombobulated:) For me it's I think a combination of things - the unusually long and hot summer, which seems to be persisting (not that I'm complaining, it's just weird), the queen (that's been the queen all my life!) has just died, anniversary of my own mums death, my job changing, my children being poorly. It's just a weird time for me. I wonder if there's a combination of things going on for you too OP?

Phos · 12/09/2022 22:16

It's always a weird time and even if you're not a royalist, the sadness around HM's death has been palpable.

TheLostNights · 12/09/2022 22:46

Still got the windows wide open here as too hot. It was 26C earlier, the summer has been never ending. Get how you feel. It feels weird to me as it's still like summer but shouldn't be. Feels like I'm waiting on something.
Goes without saying that it's been a terrible few years for the country as well which doesn't help

Mythreefavouritethings · 12/09/2022 22:55

The same! I love this time of year, but I felt the way you describe this evening. It feels like an ad break after a particularly active summer. Maybe the national mourning is seeping in too, so many changes lately. Hopefully things will settle into place soon.

FeelinSpendy · 12/09/2022 23:12

I get this every year. I love Autumn but there’s this strange feeling of melancholy. I often think it’s linked to the memories of going back to school marking another year. It makes me aware of how long ago that was and it marks the passing of so much time. The darker nights and cooler weather don’t help either. It’s a real feeling of something that was fun and carefree ending (even though I’m not a huge fan of summer and work all the way through it).

containsnuts · 13/09/2022 09:30

Abracadabra12345 · 12/09/2022 21:43

I’d love a long icy stretch but it will probably be wet and mild 😫

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I'm in Scotland so it's a long winter for us. I could see my breath this morning!

containsnuts · 13/09/2022 09:37

FeelinSpendy · 12/09/2022 23:12

I get this every year. I love Autumn but there’s this strange feeling of melancholy. I often think it’s linked to the memories of going back to school marking another year. It makes me aware of how long ago that was and it marks the passing of so much time. The darker nights and cooler weather don’t help either. It’s a real feeling of something that was fun and carefree ending (even though I’m not a huge fan of summer and work all the way through it).

Good point about memories of school going back. Maybe that's what missing for me at this time of year - there's no sense of starting afresh, it's just a continuation of the same old routine but darker and colder days. This time of year I'm still recovering from the financial strain of summer while preparing for the expense of christmas.