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Heat hurting your mental and physical health: local psychiatrist says

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The heat may be impacting your mental and physical health, according to a local psychiatrist. It can limit your energy or increase your stress. “It’s hard to describe; it’s just brutal out here,” Andrey Ramirez, a Dallas food truck vendor, said. “They don’t smile anymore. I mean, they just like be tired. I mean, they’ll be walking down. I mean, come get their food. I’m like, I don’t think they happen to come out here, but I mean then they gotta eat.” Not only is the lunch rush in a slump at Klyde Warren Park. A hotter-than-normal summer has also taken a toll on the physical and mental health of many. “So when your serotonin goes down, you feel unhappy, you feel irritable, you become impulsive, you feel angry, and you’re not motivated to do anything,” Dr. Sharma said. “But in these extreme heat situations, there’s an exacerbation of your underlying psychiatric problems in general. So people with depression will experience worsening of their depression. I never thought about that.” Dr. A

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