I didn't even know this was a recognised thing until yesterday but I genuinely think that I may suffer from this.
I do also struggle with deep winter SAD and dread January and February but I feel equally awful during the high summer months and wonder if anyone else feels like this?
I would like nothing more than to enjoy the hot and bright weather as so many others do but the truth is my body and mind struggle so much as soon as high summer comes along.
As soon as June through to August comes I feel dreadful. It's hard to fully articulate but the heat and the stickiness oppressiveness just wrecks me and it's not just the heat, the bright days do something to my brain, I have to wear sunglasses all the way through the summer months, even when it's not sunny, if not I can feel quite anxious and panicky. I also feel very nauseous in the summer and have little appetite, my mood is low and I have zero interest in anything and of course the broken nights sleep affect me too. When evening and night time arrive I feel so much better, more relaxed and at ease. I do have ADHD so not sure if there is a connection there?
Even when the kids were little I dreaded August and found it quite depressing for some reason that I could not fully explain.
I am happy and much lighter in March-May and then again September-November, in fact I adore September and October and feel a completely different person, I just wish those months could last so much longer. I also adore the rain, no idea why but rain calms and grounds me and makes me feel very content and happy for some reason.
I appreciate not many people enjoy these humid heatwaves that we have here in the UK the last few years but this is more than not enjoying the heat. I do love a gentle warm/cooler day with sun and fluffy white clouds with perhaps a nice cooling breeze but anything more than that does me in for some reason.
Can anyone else relate to this?