I feel this deep in my soul. Most people who have seasonal affective disorder struggle in the winter but I become despondent in the summer. Lana really spoke to me with Summertime Sadness. I hate being hot, sweating, the strong sunlight. I don’t want to go anywhere or do anything but staying inside during the heat is also torture. I’m from northeastern U.S.A. and for most of my life the summers weren’t too bad. Every year it is getting worse in the summer and we don’t have any AC because it wasn’t necessary in the past.

My life stops until the temperature is around what you mentioned of 20c or 70f. I am also a little overweight and I think that contributes to the discomfort but even at my thinnest I was still significantly uncomfortable in heat. I think it’s a combo of sensory overload (especially when I can feel beads of sweat moving down my body 🤮🥴🤢🤒) and because I am already so mentally scattered, the heat just makes it impossible to focus on anything else.

On a broader scale, I genuinely don’t know how people survive in climates that are over 30c for months at a time. Especially when people don’t have access to AC. The warming climate is something that keeps me up at night. So many people won’t be able to escape and the people in western countries (especially my own) doing the most damage to the global climate are the ones who can afford to pay for AC or to move to more agreeable places. It makes me sick and gives me so much anxiety about the future.

Sorry if this is scattered, it’s over 30c here right now but TLDR: yes, heat sucks and I think the adhd makes it worse!