Anyone get spring/summer anxiety?

OP get help

Sis, just wait until 60 hits!

ROTFLMAO!!!

R1 and R2 gave me what I should have expected..

you're depressed OP. get off the fucking Internet and into therapy.

R4- Thank you- I actually joined that/signed the petition a few weeks ago. It getting close in Massachusetts! Fingers crossed?

OP hire a hot male escort to fuck your brains out.

[quote]I don't know- I am almost 45 and starting to contemplate death and aging, ect. ...I feel that you are supposed to be so happy and excited for summer- I guess this time of the year signifies youth and the future..?

If you are 45, you should know better than to think and feel as you think others would have you do. There are few sadder things in life than someone old, or not old enough, whinging about how the good days are long in the past and it's just a trail of misery and death looking forward. If, for example, you suffered from chronic pain that truly made all your moments degrees of miserable, posters would tell you to seek drugs, or better drugs. Only in your case the pain is not physical, it's in your head; it's depression or some allied problem. There are drugs and treatment for that, whether it's a seasonal disorder, a middle-aged depression, or whatever. You will not be alone in taking drugs and/or therapy for the maintenance of your mental well being. There's no shame in doing and if you're dogged in seeking help that works for you your chances of success and improved perspective increase greatly.

i wouldn't call it anxiety. I just hate it. I'm a winter person. If it goes over 50 I'm turning the AC on. What i hate most is summer people. EVERY fucking person in my family is summer people.

R9 do you have body image issues? Were you bullied about athletic performance?

Everyone goes outside in the summer, shows off their bodies more and get active by playing sports. Is it triggering you with flashbacks of the little fairy with moobs who was bad at kickball?

My depression centers on Christmas, whereas I know I’ll get all the Vitamin D I need in the summer.

I’d betcha anything you’re low on D, OP.

R11 … vitamin and otherwise

What are midlife crises not allowed anymore??

R13 because you’ll be filmed and put on Twitter while getting road head from a twink in your new red Porsche.

Do you have land, OP? Or a balcony or patio? Plant. Plant in the ground and make a flower bed. Plant in containers. Grow plants from seeds. Plant things that have nectar and pollen for hummingbirds and bees/butterflies.

Notice the rhythm of nature. When do migratory blackbirds and raptors come back? February.

When do spring peepers start calling at night? March.

What’s the first bird to start singing in spring? Song sparrow (white 5hroqted sparrows sing on sunny winter days, but they are winter birds. Song sparrows are year-round birds).

Mourning doves are also year round birds that don’t sing in winter but begin singingagain in spring.

Cardinals are making mating calls right now. They are year rounders. Baltimore orioles are also calling now…the6 are migratory.

Teach chickadees and tufted titmice to eat out of your hand.

When do daffodil leaves start poking out of the ground? January if Feb depending on how much sun they are getting. When do they bloom? March. When do hyacinths bloom? As the daffodils are starting to falter.

When do tulips bloom? After daffodils.

When does forsythia bloom? April.

I never knew any of this until I began paying attention. And none of these lifeforms know what death is

You’ve got to get out of your own head.

I apologize for typos. I’m literally going blind. I thought blindness is dark/blackness. It’s not. It’s blurry and white. At night the blackness comes. Big black splotch in the middle of my vision. I tried to see the northern lights but all I could see was the Splotch.

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OP please seek professional mental health help as soon as possible. Some people get an atypical form of seasonal affective disorder along with an underlying propensity to bipolar disorder that can cause overlapping hypomania because of the longer days along with dysphoria at this time of year. It is extremely dangerous. My wife lost a dear, dear friend about two years back and your description is eerily close to what he told her the last time they spoke. Hopefully you aren’t at the place he was, but you never want to get anywhere near there. I am holding you in my thoughts. People care about you.

This is probably something that you can talk through with a therapist to identify why and give you some strategies to cope.

I have an aversion to winter holidays since my family life was so barren. But now I just figure out something to do that will be fun.

And if your discomfort is over being seen in a bathing suit … no one cares. Good luck 🍀

My city is infested with 'fests'. And they love a marathon every other week. So all summer is road closures and traffic jams.

Yes, OP, I have warm-weather anxiety. I love the fall and I don't mind winter, but summer is always depressing for me. I don't like bugs and extreme heat.

^ And I've felt like this for years, since childhood.

OP, the older I get (I’m 54) the more that I prefer the cooler seasons. The cooler seasons are much more comfortable and quieter. I am a very sensitive introvert and a homebody. Also a happy loner.

Maybe you feel a social pressure to be out and about in the warmer months. I go out in summer when it’s bearable, but for me there’s no place like home in the cold air conditioning with a dog, a cat, and a good book.

OP, how are you doing?

[quote]No- its like death.

I'll be correcting your misapprehension some day soon, chicky.

I get summer depression, OP.

When I was younger, it was the opposite. I would start getting depressed in fall and it would last until spring, when my depression would start to lift. Now, I long for the cooler weather and shorter days of fall.

How are you doing, OP?

Interestingly enough- I forgot I started this thread. And I guess I was on to something. I just started the lay off thread about my horrible company. I guess my anxiety was a warning. And its only worse now... Its beyond anxiety, its just straight up terror.

And R15 - what a thoughtful and kind response-

You all are awesome people

My only deep concern about summer is that once temps get above a hundred, I have to wait until after 8 to go on my walks.

It’s a must at this point for me and it sucks having to walk and end up all sweaty. Although, the only saving grace is that it is a dry heat 🥵🥵

Can’t wait for September ☺️

OP, it’s ETC not ECT

R29, in this case, it probably is.

[quote] I guess my anxiety was a warning.

I hear you, OP. One should always pay attention to what their inner voice is telling them.

Snap out of it, OP.

Shit! R30 is right on the money-

I am thinking I will be a more manly Frances Farmer, minus the Hollywood part.

ETC, ETC!!!!!!

I suffer in the extreme heat and live in a hot bed of wildfire potential but I’m not unduly anxious about it.

Very happy that you checked in OP.

Summer is my least-favorite season. It's when all of the yahoos are out and about in full force.

You feel like you should be out and about, too. It's OK to not want to do that.

You can only ride it out. Eat some cherries. Stay cool.

Thank you Elderlez!!!

i remember when I was a little girl our house caught on fire.

Sumer is my least favorite season. I do like how late it is when it finally gets dark but that's about it. I hate the heat. I always feel like I can't breathe when it's above 80. I used to like the beach but now that I'm older, the traffic sucks getting there and back and there's usually no parking. I drove around a beach once for an hour looking for a single park spot and found none. If you're lucky to get a spot, you then have to contend with all the other people near you on the beach and that's no fun.

I used to enjoy going to see the Dodgers play on a summer night. That was when tickets were cheap. Now I can't afford a ball game. Plus, getting out of the stadium after the game takes 2 hours so what's the point?

I miss being able to watch the Dodgers for free. I don't have cable so I don't even watch the games anymore and really just stopped caring about the team because of that.

I do like an outdoor barbeque if it's not too hot. But since my life is all about work anymore and I don't know anyone who owns a home here in CA, bbq's are few and far between.

I would love to go to Disneyland, but summer is the worst time of year to go. It's hot, over crowded and I can't stand being around that many people anymore.

Yeah, Summer to me is how winter is to people who live where it snows. Best to stay indoors, air conditioner on all day and do nothing.

I have no motivation to do anything today, other than stay in bed.

I wish Juneteenth had fallen on a Friday, so we could have a long weekend.

I agree OP. The sadness and nostalgia are subtle but grow stronger as more memories return.

As a child, it was no school, going to the beach , endless tv. I wasn’t tortured by summer school as kids are today, and extra curricular activities so I could get into a good college.

As a middle aged father, it was watching my then wife struggle with “ camp” choices.

As an elder, it’s just watching the wheels go round, young parents and children and I’m on the outside looking in.

Thanks for the thread. More people feel this way then are willing to admit .

Yes! I thought I was the only one. I think it comes with baked in pressure to socialize! Have fun! Go outside! I enjoy all of those things but I don’t enjoy the pressure to perform.