Oh And?

I mean it's all one long post except for the fact my brain kept thinking of things after I'd written the previous post (sorrrryyyyy!) but in the back of my mind I'm thinking about something my new psychologist said earlier in the Summer when I mentioned I don't do well in the heat.  He kept asking about fans and air conditioners and I kept having to explain that I can't handle the noise - that it gets to me and most evenings I end up having to turn them off and then deal with the heat and that no I haven't been able to sleep with a fan going.

He said something along the lines of how systems that are irritated (I'm paraphrasing badly I think) aren't as good at handling things and that so because of this I needed to try to find ways to help support my system so that I could use the cooling measures since again, irritated systems also don't handle the stress of heat well.

So I've been working with some pricy earplugs (rather than the wax ones I usually wear for sleep/camping/etc.) and I think I mentioned them before but on the first hot day we had at the start of this week I put them in and out throughout the day and that meant my fans were running later into the evening than I've ever managed before.  So these perspective shifts or insights have been helping and reframing things from "I can't!" to "I'm going to find ways to better manage" and "I'm going to be ok".

Having a professional explain some possible WHYs I've been struggling with Summer was actually helpful.  My system is irritated and not so good at handling things.  If my system wasn't irritated/overwhelmed/overloaded I'd be better at handling things.  He also mentioned cooling myself as a high priority so I'll be keeping that extra in mind... and that cold/cool showers can be quite lovely, cooling and refreshing if you don't shock yourself at the start!