Anyone else get a bit anxious at the change of season?

[Frreshbeddingcosynights]

I'll start by saying that I am longing for better weather, lighter evenings, flowers and leaves on the trees.

But there is also part of me that gets a bit anxious when Spring is nearly here.

I'm not entirely sure why. I think that I feel as though there's a lot of pressure to be outside having a good time and making the most of the weather. Which is often a big let down.

I get really really hot at night and it's so noisy with the windows open. Summer has always bought out more crime and antisocial behaviour round here.

Anyone else? Or anyone want to remind me of the positives of Spring/Summer.

Yes, totally normal to struggle with the seasonal transitions as women x

I know what you mean - I long for it to be warmer, but I can't stand the pressure summer brings!

I don't get anxious about a particular thing per se but I find Spring and Autumn very unsettling and they make me feel very uneasy.

I’m absolutely thrilled at the slightly longer days, the crocus, snowdrops and daisies blooming. Loving seeing the birds mating behaviour and feeling that Spring is around the corner. It feels like it has been gloomy, wet and muddy for months. Because it has. That has made me miserable.
Bring on the longer days, windows open, birds singing and eating outside when I choose to.

Yes I feel very much the same as you do OP.

The only pressure is coming from yourself. If I want to stay inside on a sunny day I do. Nothing will happen to you if you do too, I promise.

No. Can't wait. Every lighter day is one to celebrate.

I dread the end of Summer. I would happily hibernate the whole 4 months. I get extremely depressed when the leaves start turning brown.

I only feel uneasy going from autumn into winter, when the clocks go back. I hate the darkness falling at 4pm and dark mornings. Get a pit in my stomach the first morning I have to switch on lights in the house, knowing this is how it’s going to be for months.
Love the transition into spring and summer.

I always feel about discombobulated when autumn becomes winter. Some of it is because I always feel so lousy with the dark days, the rain, endless bugs and the achy joints. I feel re-energised already now the light has changed.

My seasonal anxiety revolves around clothes mainly. I have adapted to my winter plumage and then when I have to change my feathers as it were, metaphorically speaking, I find it a bit of a worry.

Same in autumn. When is it too cold to be wearing this? I live in Southern Europe and an outfit that looks, "light and summery" in August quickly degenerates into tarty after the first thunderstorm of September.

i welcome spring. I feel like that as we enter late Autumn and winter.

It is a pressure that I put on myself and I'm not sure why or where it comes from.

The thing is I actually like being outside so it really makes no sense 🤷‍♀️

How does that happen? Floaty linen trousers and shirt are never go8ng to be tarty. Or a floaty dress.

The onset of spring is the only season change that makes me feel unsettled.

I think it's partly because the weather can yoyo even in a single day, and partly because of the dratted wind. Comfortable, dark winter clothes feel wrong even if the day is cold, because the light is brighter.

Plus, it means summer is inevitably around the corner. Where I live, summer is a season to be endured a lot of years, with unpleasant heat and humidity.

Because both things are rather light and revealing. Bare shoulders or a bit of a lower cut neckline on a floaty dress looks lovely when the sun is out and you've got a bit of tan/colour but then you just look silly, goosebumpy, faded out and too exposed once the weather changes.

As for linen trousers, the slight crumple looks very Greta Scacchi in White Mischief under the midday summer sun then turns to looking cheap under cloud. In my opinion.

Yeah, that's me.

Literally today I looked out into the garden and felt it. I said to DP “This is the exact time of year I start getting anxious about summer”.

It’s the expectation of living your best life, plus the extra noise and crowds.

The sun tends to bring the shirtless bros out in force around here. My neighbours might as well be in my kitchen, they’re so loud and close.

And I’m a sweaty betty, the sun feels overwhelming and makes me feel sick most of the time. I can’t do hot days out, at all.

I find this really interesting. There was a thread about it recently which made me realise that it was more common than I thought! I LOVE the transition into autumn and really don’t mind the winter in the lead up to Christmas. However I find the transition into spring really unsettling. Makes me feel queasy. I remember noticing it one early Saturday evening in March / April while a child, walking up the road. It’s something about the weak light and bird song!

Not my experience re linen trousers.

It sounds like you live in an urban area, do you have a garden or your own private outdoor space?

I'm somewhat obsessed with gardening, so the dawn of spring fills me with excitement.
I've planned out my vegetables and annuals and I keep looking in hopeful anticipation at my Fuschias checking to see if they've survived the -10° temperatures we had here during winter....
To be honest I don't even think about what I'm wearing.
I enjoy being able to pop on a flowery dress for someone's garden party in summer, which is something else to look forward to, but other than that I just don't think about it, no one round here cares to be fair!

I wonder if urban living is best for your mental health? Is there a possibility of you moving further afield and travelling in to the city/town?

Yes, and I don't really know why...

Not this one, I love it. Lighter days, sunshine and not quite as cold, green shoots and being full on busy in the garden for the next couple of months. Then watching all the green and colours emerge and the grey diminish.

No it’s like a huge weight has been lifted off me 🥰.

"April is the cruelest month," said TS Eliot. I also believe that it's the top month for unaliving yourself, (In social media speak.)

My birthday is at the beginning of April and it's always a bit charged. Easter. The Boat Race. The Grand National. Glad when it's over.