[Marylin]

So we have a heatwave here in the UK,it has been 24 degrees for two weeks straight.The hot weather is making me very uncomfortable and depressed.I don't like it being so hot,I feel very low in mood and cannot relax,I feel agitated and moody and can't settle....I don't want to go to bed in the bedroom cos it is so hot.I have a fan but it isn't cooling things down enough.I have ordered another one but that isn't being delivered until the end of this week coming.

I also feel very alone and lonely,how do I overcome this when I have problems forming relationships due to Complex PTSD....I am starting therapy for this tomorrow and I feel apprehensive but hopeful it might help.

I want it to cool down but they say the whole of July is going to continue to be a heatwave.

[Lost Hiker]

So sorry you are so hot. Cool shower or bath maybe? Stay hydrated. I hope your treatment helps you!

[marvin_pa]

I feel for you, as most UK homes aren't designed to deal with that kind of ambient heat.

• If it's safe to do so, open a couple of windows to allow air to circulate around the home - it might not actually be cooler, but the air currents will make it feel more tolerable.
• Fill the fridge with bottles of tap water & if you have an icebox, make ice cubes. The chilled water can be a real pick-me-up & the ice cubes can be placed in drinks, or in a bowl in front of a fan to make a rudimentary air conditioner.
• If you have a metal/enamel bath, go lie in it - it will conduct some of your body heat away.
• If it's not already humid, fill the bath with water from the cold supply - you can either get in, or just allow that body of water to wick some of the temperature from the air.
• If all else fails, find a library/public place with air/conditioning & hang out there during the hottest part of the day.

Originally Posted by Marylin

So we have a heatwave here in the UK,it has been 24 degrees for two weeks straight.The hot weather is making me very uncomfortable and depressed.I don't like it being so hot,I feel very low in mood and cannot relax,I feel agitated and moody and can't settle....I don't want to go to bed in the bedroom cos it is so hot.I have a fan but it isn't cooling things down enough.I have ordered another one but that isn't being delivered until the end of this week coming.

I also feel very alone and lonely,how do I overcome this when I have problems forming relationships due to Complex PTSD....I am starting therapy for this tomorrow and I feel apprehensive but hopeful it might help.

I want it to cool down but they say the whole of July is going to continue to be a heatwave.

Yes it’s awful the heat I don’t like it either...
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[ptangptang]

It's nearer 30 here which I guess is mid 80's. I know what you mean about the heat. it's nice on holiday but not if you're trying to sleep, sweat all the time and it just makes you feel tired all the time. I don't think it's super hot. it's just that our summers are usually rubbish and we never get used to heat day after day. I'm not complaining .
If you live in a house try leaving the hatch to the loft open. Then the heat can escape through the roof and not build up in the loft.
I would happily put up with a bad winter if we had a good summer.
Think about day after day grey, damp, miserable weather that we had in the winter that seemed to go on forever. I'd rather have it like it is now. But I guess I like the british weather for it's variety.

[ptangptang]

What I hate is when, tired and ready for sleep you collapse prostrate on the bed , windows open and too hot for clothes or sheets and then..........it starts. buzz, bzzzz...........................bzzzzzz. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
arghhhhhhhh!!!!!. Not the low buzz of a fly. No, I can live with flies and spiders. It's the high pitched buzz of a nasty, flesh piercing, evil, insect monster whose only role in life is to deprive you of sleep and ultimately sink it's fangs into you so that you wake up with a boil the size of a chickens egg. Mosquitos are bad enough but sometimes it's some mutant insect monster with a body the size of a double decker bus. ( maybe slight exaggeration.). Just the thought of it sends shivers down my spine.

[MtnTime2896]

Living in the southwest, I've learned what to do to fight the heat. Drinking a bunch of water, swimming, cold showers and ice cream; all of these help some.

Forming relationships with C-PTSD is a *****. It's tricky and leads to severe insecurity. Somehow I've made some and I'm grateful for that.

I'm here for you. It is possible to have a future with this. I'm miserable now but maybe that will change, who knows?

Originally Posted by Marylin

So we have a heatwave here in the UK,it has been 24 degrees for two weeks straight.The hot weather is making me very uncomfortable and depressed.I don't like it being so hot,I feel very low in mood and cannot relax,I feel agitated and moody and can't settle....I don't want to go to bed in the bedroom cos it is so hot.I have a fan but it isn't cooling things down enough.I have ordered another one but that isn't being delivered until the end of this week coming.

I also feel very alone and lonely,how do I overcome this when I have problems forming relationships due to Complex PTSD....I am starting therapy for this tomorrow and I feel apprehensive but hopeful it might help.

I want it to cool down but they say the whole of July is going to continue to be a heatwave.

I am from the UK too, and can certainly relate to this one

hot weather isn't good for my mental health at all.. makes all my psymptoms worse- and that's a real issue lately, obviously because their's not been much (any?) rain. my mood has stayed a constant 3/4 out of 10 on my chart.

I'm also agoraphobic, so it means I don't get to get out to enjoy the sun much (and when I do, it's only like for essential trips) so I'm stuck in my room with the sun streaming through the windows

I suppose it's not all bad... I do have my fan, and actually that helps cool the room down a bit

I can't open the windows though- for risk of going in to anathalaptic shock

[smallbluefish]

I can relate to the troubles with the summer heat--I get seasonal depression in the summer and it heightens symptoms of other stuff too.

people here have already posted some tips for the heat so I can't offer much more there--but one thing that I've found helps with my mood when I'm stuck inside all day, personally, is having plants around. I've placed them near my bed so I can enjoy looking at them even when I'm lying around in bed all day and feeling low from the weather.

some plants really low-maintenance but enough to keep you moving at least once every few days, when you need to water them. the fact that the plants I have do well in sunny/slightly humid weather also helps--if I can't enjoy it, at least I'm helping create something that does.

I’m struggling right now and I think the heat is adding to it ..
I’m in uk, we just not used to it I guess..

💕💕

[splitimage]

We're in a heatwave too, only hotter. Yesterday it was 37 and humid. Temps are predicted to be in the mid to high 30's and low 40'. If I wanted heat I would have moved somewhere warm.

I don't have air conditioning, but I do have a big square industrial floor fan, that I put on a table so it's the same height as me when I'm sleeping, and turn it on high. It really helps me cool off.

And keeping hydrated is critical. Also find places to hang out during the worst heat of the day, that have air conditioning if possible, like malls.

Here we have emergency cooling centres that are opened to the public, when it gets over 30. They're basically just a room with chairs, and air conditioning and they have cold water available. I'm lucky I have one that's really close to me.

I'm afraid it's going to be a long, hot summer.

splitimage

Well, it's finally going to get hot where I am. I'm not looking forward to it. When I was a kid, I used to love this season. It seemed like the heat didn't bother me back then. For the last couple of decades in my life, I just hate it. I hate the heat and what comes with it - excessive noise, people in the pool area that act like idiots, lower energy and enthusiasm, getting strange bumps that itch, longer daylight, dullness at work (everyone's gone it seems), and more that I can't think of right now.

I get SAD in reverse. This has been the time of year when health issues happen and tragedies from the past. The weather can sometimes remind me of the tragedies.

[Marylin]

Today is hot again here in the UK.I feel like a woosh complaining when some of you here are suffering 37 degree heat.I have though invested in a giant fan and it is a blessing and helping me endure.I guess we aren't used to it in the UK like red daisy says.
It is very hot.I am ready to go out in a couple of hours to meet my niece,we are meeting for the first time in six months cos she just got back from Los Angeles,she was out there studying.We are going to see the new Star Wars film and to eat at the new Mexican restaurant nearby.I always enjoy meeting with her and it is extra special cos it has been so long since I've seen her!