Summer is supposed to feel joyful... so why are you feeling more anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally exhausted? If you're struggling with anxiety symptoms, PTSD, seasonal depression, Stress, isolation, loneliness, guilt, or burnout while everyone else seems to be enjoying the season, you're not alone.
In this episode of Practical Solutions for PTSD, Lori explores how Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder (Summer SAD), trauma, and nervous system dysregulation can impact your mental health. Learn why heat, disrupted sleep, changing routines, and increased social expectations can increase Stress, anxiety symptoms, and emotional overwhelm during the summer months.
Discover 7 practical, trauma-informed tools to help calm your nervous system, improve sleep, set healthy boundaries, reduce overwhelm, and create a summer routine that supports emotional resilience.
You'll learn how to recognize what nourishes you versus what depletes you, use grounding and gratitude practices, stay connected without overcommitting, and create simple rhythms that support healing from PTSD, anxiety, depression, and chronic Stress.
Summer doesn't have to be a season you simply survive. With the right tools and awareness, you can build a calmer, more balanced relationship with your mind, body, and emotions.
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KEYWORDS:
- Summer SAD
- Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder
- seasonal depression
- anxiety symptoms
- guilt
- isolation
- boundaries
- PTSD
- trauma
- Stress
- nervous system regulation
- emotional overwhelm
- mental health
