And while I spend each day of summer in a constant state of panicky, strung-out dampness, my friends and family spend theirs frolicking in the sun, happy and relaxed and incredibly confused by my choice to hide away at home with the A/C cranked to 68.īut I’m here to say that I am not broken. Commuting to work when my car is an oven and my boobs have created their own sweat rivulets? Absolutely f*cking not.Įven swapping out my leggings and hoodies for shorts and T-shirts sends me into a panic, especially when I remember that walking + wearing shorts = thigh-chafing so bad, I have to do the Pregnant Lady Waddle just to get some relief. Curling or straightening my hair only to head out in 90 percent humidity? Nope. Putting on makeup while constantly dabbing my upper lip sweat? No thanks. As soon as spring hits, so does my anxiety, and I spend most of May through August dreading the idea of having to go literally anywhere.īecause when it’s warm, even simple activities feel extra miserable. But for us, there are no reverse sun lamps (cloud lamps?) that can trick my body into thinking it’s cold and gray outside. Seasonal Affective Disorder doesn’t just apply to cold weather, IMO. Stepping outside on a hot, humid day is like stepping into an invisible straitjacket-there’s only so much I can do to escape it. Warm weather makes me feel claustrophobic and trapped. Like, you know that heavy despair you feel when winter arrives? When it gets dark at 4 p.m., the sky turns perpetually gray, and you realize you’ve got at least four months of sadness and anxiety ahead of you? Yeah, I get that in May. And as hard as it is to believe, this isn’t some fun, rebellious choice-it’s a whole mental and physical existence.
So instead, I live my life in Summer Haters Anonymous, hiding my true winter-party alignments until another cold-weather ally quietly reveals themselves. “It’s so warm, the days are so long, the weather is so nice.” People take their summers seriously, and to reveal that you hate society’s favorite season is to reveal yourself as an enemy of humanity. “How can you not like summer?” I’ve been asked by hordes of borderline hostile friends over the years.
And we are less likely to have air-conditioning.Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play Buildings in the UK are also designed to keep heat in, compared to hotter countries. They said: “This is made worse given that we are experiencing more 'tropical nights' - nights where the temperature doesn't go below 20C, meaning we get no respite from the heat and time for our body to recover. If humidity is high, it is harder for the human body to keep cool as your sweat doesn't evaporate as quickly.”Īnd if you are struggling to sleep at night at the moment, the spokesperson had an explanation for that too. So why is it that we feel like we’re actually going to melt when there’s a hot day over here? Well, the Met Office has got an explanation as to why UK heatwaves feel so much hotter than they do overseas.ĭuring last year’s UK heatwave, a spokesperson from the Met Office told MyLondon: “The level of humidity can be higher in the UK than in continental Europe. When you’re sitting next to a pool with a cold drink in your hand on an overseas holiday, it’s not likely you will be complaining that it’s too hot, right? However, when temperatures reach the same levels in the UK, the heat often feels unbearable, doesn’t it?
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