Hot or cold weather can affect your health and mood. Hot weather can make you irritable, and cold weather can worsen your mood.
1. How does the weather affect your health and mood?
People often use the phrase "Sunny in the morning, rainy in the afternoon" to describe a person's erratic temperament, which changes like the weather. Hot weather or cold rain can affect your health and mood.
The weather affects your health as follows:
- Hot weather can make the body more irritable. Therefore, conflicts and violence tend to increase in the summer. This is mainly due to fatigue and energy loss from heat, combined with stress and anxiety, leading to irritability.
- Cold, rainy weather can easily lower your mood. Reduced sunlight limits serotonin production—a chemical affecting mood—leading to feelings of loneliness and decreased mood. Additionally, cold weather can make muscles less active, causing sluggishness.
Regarding mental health, the weather affects you as follows: People exposed to natural disasters such as storms, floods, and landslides are also at risk of negative psychological effects. Climate change is creating misery and desperation for people every rainy season. A person who has witnessed a storm's damage to people and property often becomes anxious and miserable whenever it rains.
2. What to do to balance emotions when the weather changes?
To balance emotions when the weather changes, try these methods:
- Be more active: When it rains, we tend to want to turn off the lights, go to bed, cover ourselves with blankets, and do nothing. However, opening the door and letting in the light will help promote serotonin production—a neurotransmitter that increases feelings of well-being. Additionally, if you feel sad when it rains, exercise by doing sports, yoga, or dancing to music. This increases endorphin secretion, improving your mood.
- Connect with others: To avoid the weather affecting your health, remember to never isolate yourself when it rains. Connect with friends and relatives by talking to them; expressing your feelings will improve your mood regardless of the weather.
- Try to think more positively: Natural disasters are inevitable. So, instead of worrying, try to ignore them. You cannot stop climate change; the only thing you can do is protect your mental health.
- When you encounter anxious or fearful thoughts, do not hesitate to share them with those around you. Talk to friends and family; you may find that they share similar concerns, which can help you feel less lonely.
- Relax; give yourself a break to avoid exhaustion.
- Don't isolate yourself, but sometimes you need to separate yourself, not to stop all activities, but to take deep breaths or find ways to calm down. You can go for a walk in the park, immerse yourself in nature, and practice breathing exercises.
- See a psychologist: If the weather negatively affects you and you cannot adjust to it yourself, you may need psychological support. Don't hesitate to share your concerns with your doctor so they can recommend the best treatment method.
Because there are four seasons in a year—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—with many different weather patterns, we should be prepared to respond to each negative situation to avoid affecting our mood and health.
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References: webmd.com, healthline.com
