Anyone else been feeling pretty awful in this heatwave? (also help I’m scared I’ll get fired)

RainbowPenguin

Ugh… I thought I’d be doing better this time around, now that I’m off SSRIs (or is it just hotter this year?) but something about being in this heat just makes me feel utterly bleurgh. I’m spending a lot of time in this one room in our house that’s very shaded and beautifully cool, but my own (small, sun-facing room) is a freaking oven. even with the curtains drawn for shade, it heats up and stays hot - well into the night too, so even with the windows open I need to take an ice pack to bed with me.

On a more serious note, between the sleep problems and the heat while awake, I’ve had a really bad week at work and made like a succession of dumb mistakes (plus I couldn’t go into the office because I’d have to wake super early and couldn’t get to sleep on time). My colleague was really nice about it but I’m scared of what my boss has been thinking and I have this anxiety lurking that at best he’ll want a Discussion when I go in on Monday, and at worst I’ll get fired. I don’t even really like this job but I don’t want to lose it in that way!

Redemption

Yh I don't feel 100 percent

AnonymousToe

I’m on fluoxetine but this heat is making me feel so ill. All I wanna do is sleep

Invisible_me

RainbowPenguin wrote: »

Ugh… I thought I’d be doing better this time around, now that I’m off SSRIs (or is it just hotter this year?) but something about being in this heat just makes me feel utterly bleurgh. I’m spending a lot of time in this one room in our house that’s very shaded and beautifully cool, but my own (small, sun-facing room) is a freaking oven. even with the curtains drawn for shade, it heats up and stays hot - well into the night too, so even with the windows open I need to take an ice pack to bed with me.

On a more serious note, between the sleep problems and the heat while awake, I’ve had a really bad week at work and made like a succession of dumb mistakes (plus I couldn’t go into the office because I’d have to wake super early and couldn’t get to sleep on time). My colleague was really nice about it but I’m scared of what my boss has been thinking and I have this anxiety lurking that at best he’ll want a Discussion when I go in on Monday, and at worst I’ll get fired. I don’t even really like this job but I don’t want to lose it in that way!

No your not the only one! I'm struggling as well. It's making things hard- clothes, sensory sleeping (I'm scared to open windows, got no fan so not fun). I'm tired ans this makes getting up hard. Ive however managed to stay okay despite.

I hear your worries I don't think just not going in 1 week is enough to fire you- yiu bern working from hone? They mat want to have a chat with you amd just be honest

DonnerKebab

RainbowPenguin wrote: »

Ugh… I thought I’d be doing better this time around, now that I’m off SSRIs (or is it just hotter this year?) but something about being in this heat just makes me feel utterly bleurgh. I’m spending a lot of time in this one room in our house that’s very shaded and beautifully cool, but my own (small, sun-facing room) is a freaking oven. even with the curtains drawn for shade, it heats up and stays hot - well into the night too, so even with the windows open I need to take an ice pack to bed with me.

On a more serious note, between the sleep problems and the heat while awake, I’ve had a really bad week at work and made like a succession of dumb mistakes (plus I couldn’t go into the office because I’d have to wake super early and couldn’t get to sleep on time). My colleague was really nice about it but I’m scared of what my boss has been thinking and I have this anxiety lurking that at best he’ll want a Discussion when I go in on Monday, and at worst I’ll get fired. I don’t even really like this job but I don’t want to lose it in that way!

@RainbowPenguin it costs more to fire and hire someone else than it does to just give an employee maybe a talking to, some support put in place and let that be that. I don't know what the mistake is, i don't know the extent of it, but minor to medium scale issues you'll likely be fine for. And yeah, the weather is painful. try a fan, a wet tea towel on your head to cool you down and keep windows open, use bug nets on them if needs be to stop insects getting in. Wishing you the best of luck mate.