Heat and Humidity

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Well, I guess the US lucked out with me then, 'cause they didn't have to exile me... I was born and raised here.

Being in the sub-tropics in the Southern Hemisphere, it's usually in the low 20s Celsius, with humidity at 80-odd percent, every night. So nights are often worse than the daytime, when at least the humidity drops (at least until summer really kicks in). I find it impossible to think straight in the heat and humidity. Although my room has a ceiling fan and pedestal fan, it might pay to replace the pedestal fan with a Dash-8 engine by January!

i never knew so many autustics were sensitive to heat. i tend to be the opposite in that i cannot stand cold weather and i never feel warm enough. i live in Australia where the temperature can get very high in summer but i still walk around in trousers and a jumper (possibly two).

Whenever I go on holiday to warm places I tend to sit in the shade most of the the time, also I get through a lot of bottles of water.

Move to Scotland and you need never worry again! Two days heat and humidity and this place resembles a lobster colony!

Urgh, I hate heatwaves. The thing is, in England it doesn't even get that hot in comparison to most countries (I swear Americans look at what the UK calls "weather" and just laugh for hours... ) so I feel like I'm over-reacting even more.

Whilst there's definitely sensory issues involved, I think it's a combination of a few things. For example, it completely messes up my sleeping pattern (probably because I usually sleep "cocooned" in the covers, which just isn't possible when it's hot), plus everyone's all "WOOOOOOOOOO SUMMER YEAH LET'S CHANGE ALL OUR PLANS TO REVOLVE AROUND SUMMER WOOOOOO", which evidently creates issues with routine. It's basically the perfect storm, and the worst part is knowing that it's not as bad as I think it is, that it's essentially all in my head.

So glad I'm not the only one though! Anyone got any tips for dealing with this stuff?

I'm the same but even after seeing a specialist there is nothing physically wrong with me. My body radiates a lot of heat which is exacerbated by any physical activity. Not exactly good for my social anxiety.

I prefer the American hot and dry outside but air-conditioning inside to the British cold outside so we'll crank up the heat inside - 24C inside with winter clothes and the windows shut?! Luckily I live in NZ and it's very mild compared to the rest of the world (5-25C all year) but the humidity and intense sun can get to me.

Reading this thread makes me feel sad because I am missing the hot weather. It's coming towards the end of March now and so far in the forecast it just displays temperatures under 2C. Not very impressing at all. For this time of the year I want the temperature to be at least over 7C, with warmer temperatures to be expected in the very near future, and weather conditions consisting of sunshine, fresh southerly winds, rain, hail, mist, thunder and lightening, or any other expected March weather other than snow. I hate snow.

Complete opposite. I avoid any aircondition as much as I can, and feel myself pushed out by any shop that uses them. The air condition in my office gets working once a year, when the technician checks it. Air conditions in shops already caused me physical breakdowns. In the opposite I get depressed in winter, have no energy, I am always tired, dont want to do anything (there cant be anything done in winter anyway, its always dark and cold, you cant go swimming, you cant go cycling, you cant do gardening, you cant do nothing, it simply sucks. -.-) Below 20 deg C its cold, from +25 deg C its getting nice, and from 30-35 deg C its wonderful. I also dont start to sweat below 30 deg C, its just cozy. There was only one time, it was a bit too hot for me, and that was when we had 38 deg C, and I stood with my car about 45 minutes in a traffic jam, so no breeze from the windows, and the fan of my ventilator was broken, so no cool wind either (no air condition anyway), I only had a small asian handfan. ^^ So this was really hot, and my T-Shirt was wet when I came into my office again.

As far as I know from german Asperger its not cold that is linked to Aspergers, but uncommon temperatures. So while a part felt pretty well in weather that is according to NT standards cold, the other part felt well in "hot" weather in the opposite.

Not to mention that warm/hot weather is rife with mosquitos and yellowjackets, both of which I'm allergic to! Not to mention I am a mosquito magnet!! !!

Give me mid-autumn weather all year round please!

I'm probably hyposensitive to temperture extremes. The only times I really dislike colder and warmer extremes is if they are bothering my throat and lungs, otherwise the rest of my body doesn't care. For years in the summers my parents would install air conditioners in the house. They always would keep pressing me to put one upstairs where I slept and where it would get the warmest but I didn't care. For me it would have been too much effort for very little return. This would make people think I was crazy. Often my mother would go up and ask how could I stand the heat and she would make a slightly distressed sound and hurry to get back down stairs. I didn't know how or why the heat didn't seem to bother me, it just doesn't: I assumed that most people around me had become increasingly weak-willed over years of trying to avoid hot and cold extremes. I mean if you train yourself to run long distances you learn to run long distances. If you learn to accept and endure temperature extremes, does your body not learn to deal with them? Fortunately if the planet ever has a huge disaster and people are left in the cold or without air-conditioning: I will survive as the fittest.

Heat, sweating and being sticky is awful. I hate it!

I really despise heat and humidity as well. When people around me are wearing jumpers, I tend to be wearing a polo shirt.

I think heat & humidity are poorly tolerated by human beings of all types; on or off the Spectrum.

I don't think I'm any less tolerant of it than anyone else, but I haven't really thought about it that much. I do a lot of physical outdoor work & activities, so I guess I'm used to whatever the weather does.

Charles

I agree with this. Some people on the spectrum go outdoors on a hot day and think ''oh I'm hot, I must be hypersensitive to the heat, it will take a lot for everyone else to get hot.'' But that isn't true. Often in extreme temperature conditions people always comment on how hot it is or how cold it is, and a lot even make a big thing of it as though they are dying. Last summer my NT friend said he dipped his shirt in water and wore it to keep him cool. I don't go that far. I usually get cool when I'm just sitting about indoors with a fan on, or if I enjoy a nice ice lolly (frozen popsicle in case you're American).

I believe I just feel temperature like anyone else. I did read somewhere that men get hot quicker than women.

Has anybody considered the possibility in relocating to a cooler, coastal climate? Many West- Coast regions within ten to fifteen miles of the Pacific Ocean are usually pretty comfortable. The rare heat-waves involve a "dry-heat."

A few Northern-New England Coastal areas may be another possibility; yet the rough winter weather and cold is another challenge. These coastal regions periodically experience days of sometimes record heat, and humidity in the Summer.