Title: Does Summer Heat Increase Anxiety?
Headings: 
Does Summer Heat Increase Anxiety?
Anything can be a trigger for anxiety
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Heat intolerance
References:

Content: Are there traumas that have happened during the summer months? We may not connect a long-past trauma with the anxiety we are feeling today, but it could be related. Our moods can change with the time of the year, depending on past events during that season. Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is most common during the long winter months, but it can occur in any season. This is sometimes referred to as reverse seasonal affective disorder, which affects less than 1 percent of the population, and more women than men. Symptoms of SAD during the summer include agitation, loss of appetite, insomnia, and sometimes suicidal thoughts. Interviewed in a New York Times article, SAD expert Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal says he isn't sure whether summer SAD may be caused by a sensitivity to heat or too much light. " The challenges encountered with the changing seasons seem to overwhelm those internal regulating mechanisms," Rosenthal continued. Treatment for summer SAD may be staying in air conditioning as much as possible or finding other ways, such as swimming or cold showers, to stay cool. Others may find antidepressant medications are the only way, or the best way, to overcome symptoms.