What time of the year do you find most difficult?

[OliveCrab]

Christmas is always a stress.

Mid-summer. Hate it being too hot and not able to sleep which makes everything worse and it's so bright outside for hours. It's really draining. Plus it's my birthday which I loathe.

The whole of summer. I hate the sun, summer clothes, the heat. The long evenings before it finally gets dark then it’s fucking light again before you know it. Flies. Wasps. Hot cars, hot pets. Cooking is too much effort. Ugh.

January and February, I hate the darkness and rain .

Most of autumn, the whole of winter and Christmas in particular.

Overall, I don't get stressed at any particular time of the year.

November and December. Terrible weather. Dark. And I hate Christmas

Summer for the same reason. Before there's a pile on of how rubbish the summer has been this year, I'm in the part of the SE that is always the hottest temperatures

Summer, now it gets so hot

These are my favourite and happiest times

Marchish until Easter. Feels like such a slog!

Otherwise there are types of weather I don’t like - pouring rain, snow that means nothing works in this country, really hot uncomfortable weather like we’ve had with climate crisis - but not whole seasons.

I hate summer as well. I have all the symptoms of SAD but have been told it only applies to people who get them in winter but the symptoms are the same anyway.

For those who don’t like heat, surely this summer was ok then?! I seem to remember it was crap and rained a lot. I went camping and had my fleece on the entire time.
I find January hard, as the excitement for Halloween/christmas/birthday (mine), is done and it’s still freezing cold and dark for a few months!

january - dark, cold and often a time of crisis in my line of work. Trying to budget better now though so that it’s also not a time of no money

I also present to you November as the best month. The calm before the storm of Christmas. Often the best weather - coat and sunglasses weather. Not usually so much rain as other autumn/ winter/ even Spring months (or so it feels).

Has bonfire night.

The month when leaves are actually on the ground as opposed to the imposter October.

Seriously underrated month.

Between the autumn equinox and putting the clocks back. Now, basically. The dark mornings really get me down.

February. I try to lean in to autumn and winter but Xmas is followed by almost all our family birthdays plus my car's MOT, and our most stressful time at work. My birthday is in Feb and by that point I usually cba to do anything. And I'm often ill by then. Whinge whinge.

March / April. I really struggle with the lighter evenings when the clocks change - the thought fills me with dread.

Ironically I love the long summer evenings and also autumn when the evenings draw in.

The week before and the week after Christmas. So many empty chairs now that it breaks my heart to remember all the great family Christmases. So I get out of Dodge and go to the sun instead for three + weeks (retired now).

Other than that I don't mind. Even stormy wet cold weather or warm Summer days. It's just Christmas that brings me down and makes me feel so bereft and sad. I'm sure I'm not alone as there are many others who have lost loved ones too.

Agree.

I don’t really find any time of year difficult. All seasons have their good and bad points.

I find the change between BST and GMT hardest as they affect my sleep.

Yes I find it a sad time of year too. I'd love to head off to the sun and get away from it all...and the weather!

March-April there just nothing months, usually the weather is still cold or rainy and I get desperate for warmer weather.

I like all seasons as long as they don't just rain away. Least favourite month is January as it's cold but without the excitement of Christmas or even any school holidays. At least February has the decency to offer up half term so we could in theory go away for a week. I mean, we never do. But the thought that we could helps! Spring can also be hard work because of hayfever but love it otherwise!

I quite like winter, but hate Christmas due to the pressure to perform. I like the weather, the dark cosy nights, proper food and clothes. Christmas and heatwaves are the difficult bits for me.