Heatwave anxiety can make you feel 'incredibly helpless' - here's how to manage it
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Heatwave anxiety can make you feel 'incredibly helpless' - here's how to manage itImage source, Tavia WattsImage caption, Mum-of-two Tavia Watts, 36, says the heat leaves her feeling "like the world is literally ending"ByAshitha Nagesh , Senior reporter and Georgina Rannard , Climate reporterPublished52 minutes agoAt the peak of the June heatwave, the warmest June on record in England, all Tavia Watts could think about was how hot it was in her two- and five-year-old's bedroom - above 30C in some cases."During the heatwave, I've got a high level of anxiety all the time and I'm pretty much useless," she told the BBC.
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