Stressed by Spring?

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Anyone else get really stressed by all the changes that come with spring? I wish I could just enjoy the beauty, warmth, etc. Instead, I'm just stressed because it happens so quickly! And because I hate lawnmowers.

That's understandable. Lots of extra sensory stuff to take in. But I don't have too much of an adjustment problem with it myself. I feel anxious to be outdoors more, which conflicts with the long period of time I wanted to be indoors because of the bad weather. I do hate lawnmowers and leafblowers though.

Where I live spring doesn't come soon enough. At least that's what other people say. If you think lawnmowers are bad you should try putting up with the noise of construction. It seems to happen earlier every year. Also there must be no curfew for kids and teenagers. Screaming and yelling in the wee hours of the morning. Throwing eggs at your windows and other acts of vandalism. And by the time the cops arrive they take off.

I am dreading the summer. The heat. The humidity. Not being able to go swimming. And horrible things always happen in summer. There is always some kind of massacre or terrorist attack. Or maybe there will be a deadly pandemic. The post-WW1 flu pandemic was actually in summer when most other people don't worry about getting sick.

I always have a period of heightened anxiety in spring, since every year there is some point where the weather switches from dark and cloudy to ten days or so of blazing sun. It's like being slightly electric for up to two weeks, by which time my eyes have "recalibrated".

I remember telling this to a psychologist years ago. He laughed gently and tried to convince me my anxiety was due to other things in my life, things that were the same all year. This guy writes textbooks for psychology students.

I don't sleep a lot during the summer, though.