Poll Do Cold And Hot Temperatures Have An Impact On Your Symptoms?

[Gamereign555]

Explain if you wish to tell how temperature extremes effect your ptsd.

 

[Ted Moen]

Temperatures above 95 take me back into the Mekong Delta, or to the oil covered Persian Gulf looking at oil saturated ducks along a strip of sand as the oil fields burned in the background. The good thing is when it's that hot these days at my age it's appropriate to stay inside in the air conditioning so I have plenty of time to process the intrusive thoughts and feelings by posting to the forum :)

Ted

 

[Gamereign555]

I don't have a heater in my house and every year the temp dips to somewhere around 25°F.

I might start to feel depressed and anxious, it kind of hits me in the chest and nose and leaves me feeling tired all the time. It's too bad because I used to love that time of year.

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[BlueKitty]

When I get triggered, I start hyperventilating and can feel heat rising(?) from inside of me, which makes me irritated and jittery. A cup of freezing cup of ice water helps, but temp above 85 is.. not good. I don't like hot and humid weather anyway.

I may sound twisted but..
Most of the time, I am so detached from myself that I really couldn't care less and don't feel anything. BUT. seeing and hearing "oh-so-happy-summer" makes me feel alienated and depressed, and that pushes me a little, down the anger scale?! I also feel awkward and don't know how to react in such situations.

wow. I sound like a bad person.:confused:

 

[Seneca]

I just noticed this recently because of this heat wave in Tennessee right now. It makes sense for war veterans, since most combat takes place in the Middle East, but the same thing happens to me. I get ridiculously agitated during Summer and warm Winters. Good to know I'm not alone, but what causes this, I wonder?

 

[Gamereign555]

Yeah, fortunately I live in Washington in state and it seldom gets very hot. I will eventually find out how I react though.

For cold weather I would describe what I feel as my anxiety playing off of the shivering or something, kind of hard to explain.

 

[Seneca]

No, I think I understand that entirely. Like, when it gets really hot, my mouth gets dry and I get tingly. Those are some of the most disturbing panic symptoms for me.

 

[jo may]

I go from hot to cold in seconds, sometimes I feel so hot I'm sweating and that makes me feel tired and stressed. but if I'm feeling colder than I feel more depressed.

 

[Deleted member 10686]

Both. Where we lived, it was either freezing cold or insanely hot. Old house, inadequate heating and pretty much zero insulation... So in the winter (october through march, or even later) It was effing cold as hell..... can't even explain how cold. In the summer very hot, and was kept in a non ventilated attic for a good portion of that.

Overcast, neutral weather is about all I can handle comfortably

 

[Deleted member 1860]

High temps affect my heart, causing an irregular heartbeat. It's anxiety related, but exacerbated by heat.