Struggling with the summer blues? You're not alone

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Megan Carty· Guest0:30

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Matt Galloway· Host0:33

Hello, I'm Matt Galloway, and this is The Current podcast. It is officially summer. Patios are full. Swim season's underway. School's out for many, many students at the end of this week, and it is finally, finally warming up. Many of us look forward to this time of the year with great anticipation, but there are some people who find the warmer months particularly tough on their mental health.

Speaker 4· Soundbite0:57

Everyone's like, "Yay, summer. We can do things. We can do a patio. Let's socialize. Let's go to concerts. Let's do outside things." For me, it's just like, "Ugh." I tend to hermit a bit in the summer because it's too hot.

Mark Manning· Soundbite1:09

I'm just, I'm melting to death. It's, it's almost unbearable. I find it a lot easier to move through the world in winter than I do in summer.

Speaker 6· Soundbite1:15

A lot of times I'll have to cancel plans if it's too hot. I just become a whole other agitated person. [laughs] And then you're like, "What is my issue? Like, I'm just a little hot. Why am I like this?"

Matt Galloway· Host1:27

We tend to associate seasonal affective