Results: Autumn Anxiety
Published on 09/03/2024
Sources: https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/suffering-autumn-anxiety-psychologists-explain-causes-cure-for-fall-freak-outs.html
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With Labor Day weekend comes the unofficial end of summer and the start of the back-to-school, back-to-the-grindstone season. For some, that shift brings happy thoughts of new projects, colorful leaves, and pumpkin spice everything. But for others, the approach of cooler weather and longer days ushers in feelings of panic and anxiety. Psychologists call this phenomenon "autumn anxiety". Do you have autumn anxiety?
Yes, I'm not looking forward to summer being over
24%
645 votes
A little--I'm ready for fall but still sad to lose summer
35%
952 votes
No, goodbye summer! I'm done with you!
38%
1021 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
82 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.30% | 35 | |
| No | 0.15% | 4 |
| NA | 0.11% | 3 |
| Not sure | 0.07% | 2 |
| None of the above | 0.04% | 1 |
| No. | 0.04% | 1 |
| i love summer | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't care | 0.04% | 1 |
| I love the Fall but it means it's closer to the end of the year, which is scary. | 0.04% | 1 |
| We really don't have fall here, unless you consider under 90 fall. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I have no anxiety at all. | 0.04% | 1 |
| No , I love summer | 0.04% | 1 |
| summer forever... | 0.04% | 1 |
| NO PANIC or ANXIETY BUT I'm not looking forward to summer being over. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I live in Florida and it's really calm in the winter. | 0.04% | 1 |
| ENJOYING BOTH | 0.04% | 1 |
| Just don't like being cold | 0.04% | 1 |
| No anxiety : just want summer to continue | 0.04% | 1 |
| Ambivelant | 0.04% | 1 |
| Would like One 1more month | 0.04% | 1 |
| I do not look forward summer endm | 0.04% | 1 |
| I'm ready for fall, but not sad to see hot weather over. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Usually like all 4 seasons | 0.04% | 1 |
| Yes, we have 6-7 months of colder and frigid winter weather | 0.04% | 1 |
| ... | 0.04% | 1 |
| Stay awhile longer | 0.04% | 1 |
| I use to love seeing the leaves change color in the fall, but now I live in the south where the leaves are green all year long, and you hardly notice when the seasons change. | 0.04% | 1 |
| not ready | 0.04% | 1 |
| Leaves have not changed color, and the temperature is still hot in California. Autumn officially begins September 22, despite what media and marketing would have you believe. | 0.04% | 1 |
| no anxiety | 0.04% | 1 |
| not applicable | 0.04% | 1 |
| I hate summer being over, because it means colder weather and eventually snow | 0.04% | 1 |
| NO just plain No | 0.04% | 1 |
| I love fall, but not the following winter. | 0.04% | 1 |
| No, but I did decades ago at the thought of slogging through another dark winter to and from work in bone-chilling icy cold winter. | 0.04% | 1 |
| No anxiety but not looking forward to fall & winter (AT ALL!) | 0.04% | 1 |
| i do not want summer to ever end | 0.04% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.04% | 1 |
| What? | 0.04% | 1 |
| no, no anxiety | 0.04% | 1 |
| I wish spring was back | 0.04% | 1 |
| I dislike the fall and winter | 0.04% | 1 |
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In much of the western world, at least a dozen years of schooling trains us to associate September with transitions and new beginnings. For some, that makes this an energizing time of year filled with new possibilities. But for those who struggled at school or who generally find change challenging, it can induce anxiety. Do you consider September to be a time of transitions and new beginnings? Yes
43%
1156 votes
No
32%
868 votes
Undecided
25%
676 votes
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There are physiological reasons the return of darker, colder months can cause a dip in mood. For those who suffer with SAD (seasonal affective disorder), the end of summer is a reminder of likely struggles to come. But even if winter doesn't make you clinically depressed, the shorter days are still likely to affect your brain chemistry. Do you suffer from SAD? Yes
22%
583 votes
No
60%
1623 votes
Undecided
18%
494 votes
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