Why does summer heat, light, zap my strength and energy -- I thought it was 'supposed to be' a source of energy?

Why does summer heat, light, zap my strength and energy -- I thought it was 'supposed to be' a source of energy ... Its early afternoon in Memphis, and by late afternoon, even 6:00-7:00 P.M. It will feel like a nuclear bomb out there. My car bakes like a Dutch Oven, a metal box of torture in some nuke experiment with the great outdoors. I cower miserably in a semi-air-conditioned house.

I may be dozing, in a sombient mood, illusions from the past, from previous miserable (and pleasure amid misery) haunt me. The veils of time wear thin and I imagine previous hot summers, songs in the heat shimmers. Paradise for me would be fining a place cool and dark, with only the sound of blowing fans.

If I go anywhere, if I leave my house, my skin will burn as I pass through the sunlight. My car will bake me. If I arrive I won't want to go out again, nor have the strenghth.

The heat saps every ounce of energy in my body. I have to sit down and can't stay awake long. If the sun is supposed to be a source of energy, why does it rob my strength and energy, and cast such misery and physical torment?

Asked by Yellowdog 30 months ago Similar questions: summer heat light zap strength energy thought 'supposed be' source Sports & Recreation > Outdoors.

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I know what you mean, Yellowdog.. I have always felt the same way about summer and I live in New Jersey. My eyes hurt from the sun's glare and my face gets very red and I feel miserable. I have very light skin that burns very easily so I have to avoid the sun for the most part.

On the other hand, my husband craves the sun and hates the darkness and cold of the winter months. S skin is darker than mine and he tans easily. My theory is that light skin lets in more of the sun's light thus making me uncomfortable in hot, sunny weather and more able to cope with dark days and the opposite is true for my husband!.

Your body is about 72 percent water and relies on a delicate acid/base ration (pH) to function optimally and even properly. Additionally, the sodium/potasium pump is very important to the body, especially the heart. Add heat to the mix, and the water evaporates out of your body as sweat, and you lose valuable electrolytes, upsetting the fragile ecosystem that is your body.

Even if you properly hydrate and take in electrolytes, there is a lag between the time your body tells you it needs them, the time it takes to ingest them and they return the body to homeostasis. This is why you feel the way you do. Schelli's Recommendations Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, Sixth Edition Amazon List Price: $162.95 Used from: $68.92 Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 3 reviews) .

That sounds more like Blythe, CA than Nashville, TN. Blythe, CA can get up to 125 degrees F. But to your question, this is a sudden shift.

Weren't you living elsewhere cooler? But the change in seasons can be sudden even without a location change. Your exhaustion is your body acclimating to the changes.

When I was in Maine for a semester, I numerous times felt exhausted and had to sleep. In time, I got used to it and was okay with running thru the snow with it 0 degrees F. Outside--with wind.

Then when my friend and I drove back we left a blizzard in Pennsylvania for a heat wave in Texas for a Santa Ana heat wave in So Cal. It can be worse. Keep going and your body will catch up eventually.

Never mind the pain; it don't mean nuttin'.

That could account for it. This user has been banned from Askville.

2 You body can't run for very long above 98.6 F. If it get's close it has to work hard cooling your body down by sweating. You have to stay hydrated all the time.

If it is 50 F outside this is easy for your body to do. If it is 95 F outside this is hard to do.

You body can't run for very long above 98.6 F. If it get's close it has to work hard cooling your body down by sweating. You have to stay hydrated all the time.

If it is 50 F outside this is easy for your body to do. If it is 95 F outside this is hard to do.

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