If you’ve noticed that you feel hotter than usual, sweat more easily, or struggle more in this hot summer weather while taking an antidepressant, you’re not alone. Heat sensitivity can happen for many reasons, and medication is only one possible factor. You may also hear this described as heat intolerance, which is when your body has a harder time handling heat, cooling down when hot, or adjusting to warmer environments. Read on to learn more about why this can happen and what you can do to stay safer and more comfortable.

We find ourselves in a time when it has become increasingly challenging to ignore the elephant in the room - that is the state of the world and our country. For some time now, it has been a commonplace experience for many of us to wake up to yet another breaking news headline that often has our jaws on the floor and leaves us feeling quite vulnerable and heavy inside. Ironically, a lot of us sometimes find ourselves unable to stop the infamous doomscrolling (repeated, compulsive, algorithmic content consumption) and put our devices aside. It’s a vicious cycle.

We may not have the ability to click a button or to snap our fingers to enact the change that will bring us relief or a renewed sense of safety and security, but we can change how we engage with the content presented to us in a way that does not lead to existential dread, helplessness, and hopelessness about our current sociopolitical circumstances.