I feel this all on a personal level! While I don't have asthma, I loathe summer for many reason as well. My body cannot handle heat above 70 for extended periods of time, and I get raging headaches and back cramps no matter how much water and electrolytes I consume. By the time fall comes around, I feel so exhausted and drained. Winter is definitely my time to shine.
I am with you, sister. I loathe summer now, between being insanely uncomfortable and all but non-functioning in the heat thanks to peri/menopause and increasingly long, hot summers (and truthfully, autumns) when the threat of fire in our Southern California canyon is bonkers high. Summer is my off-season, too, and I often say I have Seasonal Affective Disorder in reverse this time of year. Growing up and living in the Northwest until I was nearly 40, I always longed for summer -- and often migrated south during interminable cold, rainy winters. And with increasing heat domes, long fire seasons, and terrible air quality in so many parts of the West nowadays, it's only getting harder to escape it when it's brutally hot here. Have you read the excellent book "The Heat will Kill You First" by Jeff Goodell? It's depressing, enlightening, and informative.
Thank you for saying these things out loud -- I often feel like the freak in the room who hates summer, so it's nice to know I'm not alone!
Thank you for the book recommendation. I will definitely check it out. And thanks for commenting! I wrote this post hoping to commiserate with others, even though I figured few would weigh in. By the time summer reaches its widespread wildfire and heat dome phase, I'm usually suffering through a full-blown existential crisis. I want to start a support group with others who feel similarly tormented.
I feel this all on a personal level! While I don't have asthma, I loathe summer for many reason as well. My body cannot handle heat above 70 for extended periods of time, and I get raging headaches and back cramps no matter how much water and electrolytes I consume. By the time fall comes around, I feel so exhausted and drained. Winter is definitely my time to shine.
I am with you, sister. I loathe summer now, between being insanely uncomfortable and all but non-functioning in the heat thanks to peri/menopause and increasingly long, hot summers (and truthfully, autumns) when the threat of fire in our Southern California canyon is bonkers high. Summer is my off-season, too, and I often say I have Seasonal Affective Disorder in reverse this time of year. Growing up and living in the Northwest until I was nearly 40, I always longed for summer -- and often migrated south during interminable cold, rainy winters. And with increasing heat domes, long fire seasons, and terrible air quality in so many parts of the West nowadays, it's only getting harder to escape it when it's brutally hot here. Have you read the excellent book "The Heat will Kill You First" by Jeff Goodell? It's depressing, enlightening, and informative.
Thank you for saying these things out loud -- I often feel like the freak in the room who hates summer, so it's nice to know I'm not alone!
Thank you for the book recommendation. I will definitely check it out. And thanks for commenting! I wrote this post hoping to commiserate with others, even though I figured few would weigh in. By the time summer reaches its widespread wildfire and heat dome phase, I'm usually suffering through a full-blown existential crisis. I want to start a support group with others who feel similarly tormented.
I would join this support group!