summer depression
Warm-weather mood slump
A colloquial term for seasonal affective disorder that occurs during summer months rather than winter.
While most seasonal depression strikes in darker months, some people experience depressive episodes triggered by intense heat, humidity, or disrupted routines: Her summer depression kicks in around July and lifts in September.
Also called summer-onset SAD or reverse seasonal affective disorder.
- anhedoniaInability to feel enjoyment
- emotional dysregulationPoor control over feelings
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- too much sunExcessive solar exposure
- dog daysHottest summer weeks
heat · social comparison · mood disorder · isolation · melancholy · sadness · mindfulness meditation · irritability · light sensitivity · FOMO · missing out · apathy · sleep disturbance · hopelessness · gloominess · rumination · sweat · slump
summer, summery, summers, summertime, midsummer, depression, depress, depressed, depressing