To say this weather is causing me to become depressed

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I know it sounds like I’m some sort of misery reveller, after all long hot days are supposed to be what we all love, but I’m really, genuinely struggling.

I haven’t slept well for weeks due to the heat and neither have the children. Late nights and early wake ups. Stuffy bedrooms even with fans circulating,

During the day it’s so hot. When in work I feel like I’m slowly melting in stuffy classrooms with kids whining endlessly about water bottles and crackling ice. On my days off (I’m part time) it’s often overwhelming, especially in the middle of the day. Constantly worrying about the children burning - one insisted on standing outside yesterday just for the hell of it with no hat or sun cream and had to be dragged in forcefully. Everyone’s just irritable with one another, the car is like an oven when you get in it, flies, fucking FLIES.

And there’s this low level pressure to be out enjoying it. One of our soft play centres has actually put out an appeal just begging people to attend because the hot weather means it’s been empty for weeks.

I want autumn now. I want coolness and leaves turning and rain.

Sorry to hear that. It’ll pass.

You're not unreasonable to dislike the weather or to say how it affects you. But it's summer. It's hot. It'll be over and then it's back to rain and mild temps. It's not forever.

Move to south wales, the weathers shite here!

Might I suggest moving to Scotland? We've had maybe one or two days at a time in the low 20s and then it's back to 18 degrees and raining. I couldn't cope with anything else!

I hear every word, and agree wholeheartedly.
I just can't do anything. My body feels like a heavy lump.of heaviness.

Horrible

I’d much rather be depressed by sun than by rain! That said, could you get an air conditioning unit? I think if it’s affecting your mood to this level, it will be worth the investment. The way the climate changes are going, you will be needing it every summer. Sorry to hear you are struggling so much x

I think YABU generally because I prefer it to be like this than bloody cold and rain. Last year we had one solitary week of good weather in the summer.

WOW 😨!

Reported. What a vile response to a post.

It'll be banned as soon as MNHQ start shift. It's been at it for hours.

Last year was shit but at least part of the problem is that I suspect by the time the schools break up it will be distinctly autumnal!

Back to the OP

I'm sorry you feel like this, but it does seem extreme. I don't have any practical suggestions, but it is likely to be short lived.

I agree. I'm fed up of late and early dog walks and struggling to sleep in the small gap between.
I work in a bakery and the massive ovens make me want to remove my skin!
I like the sun and the long days but not the constant humid heat.

I love warm weather and sunshine. Don't worry OP school breaks up fairly soon it's bound to be raining and cold by then (and probably the whole summer holiday)

Come to Cornwall. We haven’t seen the sun in days!

Well yes. It's not even particularly warm in Yorkshire, and I loathe autumn and winter, but that doesn't negate how the OP feels just now.

I’m not enjoying having to get up really early to take the dog out then having to hide inside; sunshine is nice, excessive heat makes things less enjoyable.

Beautiful in the north west ❤️
I’m assuming London is a nightmare at the moment

Mumsnet makes at least £2 million in profit each year. Its incredible after all that's happened over the last few months that they are still not paying for overnight moderators.

As someone else said, look at installing air con in main bedroom, and children can camp out on airbeds in there on hot nights, bring a TV in and make it a 'slumber party'.

I'm absolutely with you, I hate anything over 25 degrees. But we are trying our best to turn it into a positive thing just for my own mental wellbeing - we eat cold food or bbq to avoid oven heating house further, go to air conditioned cinemas, restaurants, swimming pool to cool down. Hot weekends we can manage like this, but week days when children in hot classrooms are much tougher.

🤣 just a slight overreaction!!

I am guessing you are in the rather hot south where the medical profession is geared towards a risk to life on account of the heat rather than somewhere else in the uk

but hey - let’s enjoy the damaging heat shall we ?

they estimated 600 excess deaths occurred a few weeks ago, and I guess the same over the next few days

we do get excess deaths in cold spells - but the difference is that after the cold spell the death rate drops as the people who die in the cold often didn’t have long to live anyway. Deaths due to heat however add to the years death rate - these would not have happened

yes cold and wet isn’t fun but that doesn’t mean we have to say excess heat is fun or better - objectively it’s worse

Air conditioning in the bedrooms, it’s the best money we’ve ever spent. Get a decent big fan for your classroom, you can buy massive ones from Screwfix that really make a difference. We have this one:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/essentials-18-industrial-floor-fan-220-240v/105rj

On a really hot day last year my DH let our DS’s class teacher borrow it for their classroom and they were so grateful!

I’m with you! I bloody hate summer. Also a teacher in a 32 degree classroom!