The women most affected by the post-holiday syndrome
The good was finished, it's time to put on our work coats again and return to our job. The early mornings return, the schedules that are known when they begin but not when they finish and above all, stress returns. That element that causes us to lose our calm and end up collapsing and entering a state of almost depression. It is in these cases when we can talk about the appearance of postvacational syndrome.
The emergence of the appearance of a series of disorders of a physical and mental nature that affect health and limit their abilities is what is considered as postvacational syndrome. The Association of Family and Community Nursing of Catalonia, AIFCC, estimates that 65% of workers will suffer this decline caused by the end of free time. However, does it affect everyone equally? According to this same organism and not women those who suffer most.
More family pressures
This syndrome that usually manifests through symptoms such as general fatigue, fatigue, lack of sleep, muscle aches, lack of appetite and even tachycardia, is usually more common in the case of female workers according to AIFCC. The reasons are clear: the woman usually has to add the stress of returning to the job with many other jobs work inside your home that end up making her a perfect target for this problem.
Cleaning of the house, purchase of food after the holidays, preparation of the children for school; These are just some of the tasks that tend to fall on women after the holidays, which adds to the return to the world of work. This ends up causing some levels excessive of you in the workers, for which help is needed from all the members of the house so that holding the shoulder This return to work is not so hard on women.
How to face the return to work?
As we have already said, the best way for women not to become the perfect target of post-holiday syndrome is that everyone at home take part of the tasks necessary for the proper functioning of the home. Now, how to do so that the return to the job does not end up causing an excessive stress load? There are a few tips:
1. Personal growth. Propose new challenges helps reinvent yourself and reduces the anxiety of returning to the routine. Specializing in any sector within our work will increase motivation after the holidays.
2. Exercise. Practicing some type of physical activity always helps to release endorphins, responsible for making us feel happy and relaxed. In addition, with sports practice the body is freed from the accumulated stress.
3. Always positive. You always have to see the return to routine with a positive mentality and not as a burden, a new opportunity to make those pending dreams come true.
4. Short-term objectives. Make a list of tasks or dreams to fulfill in the short or medium term and achieve these goals, favors the feeling of well-being with oneself.
5. Slowly. Changing a period of total leisure by the work routine with only a day of margin is a common mistake. It is recommended, to whoever can do it, to take a few days before to get used to the idea, dedicating a few hours to perform the daily obligations to gradually get used to the daily routine and pick up the rhythm.
6. Sleep 8 hours daily. A rule that assumes that everyone knows but that it is worth remembering that in the holidays it gets more late and gets up early. A good idea is to avoid napping and put the alarm clock a few minutes earlier than usual to regulate sleep rhythms and reduce the rush and stress.
7. Get up earlier a few days before rejoining. Like the previous measure, early rises help to make it easier to return to day to day, as the body thus adapts back to the usual schedules.
8. Retake the contact. It is normal during the holidays to lose daily contact with friends, family and colleagues. Before returning to work, it is recommended to meet those who have not been seen, catch up and share the experiences lived is a good way to readjust to the routine.
9. Less caffeine. Tea, coffee and other stimulant drinks favor the symptoms of stress and nervousness. In addition, an excess of these products also increases the risk of insomnia, which increases the feeling of fatigue and exhaustion.
10. Have patience. The post-holiday syndrome is temporary. Symptoms disappear the moment you re-adapt to the routine. It's a matter of attitude and time. If it is too long, it is advisable to consult a specialist.
Damián Montero