Postvaccination syndrome: the trauma of returning to routine
It is not uncommon that, when returning to the routine after a vacation period, we experience Postvacational syndrome . Today we explain everything you need to know about this disorder.
What is Post-Vacational Syndrome?
One of the most important indicators of well-being from the psychological and mental health point of view is the individual's ability to adapt to their environment. When there are difficulties of adaptation, people usually feel a state of discomfort. One of the moments typically known for its difficulty of adaptation for the general population is the return of the holidays , moment in which the person must return to his habitual routine with the responsibilities and demands that entails the day to day.
In the face of this adaptive challenge, Many people experience feelings of melancholy and irritability , as a form of psychological resistance to adaptation. When this state is prolonged in excess or manifested in a very intense, we speak of Post-Vacational Syndrome.
Symptoms of Postvaccination Syndrome
The post-holiday syndrome usually manifests with low mood pictures , anxiety and / or anguish, irritability, restlessness, insecurity, difficulties in concentration and sleep rhythms (both by default and by excess), etc., and sometimes may appear depressive symptoms such as: apathy, lack of interest, motivation and others similar.
On a physical level, some of the somatizations What may appear are tiredness, lack of appetite, sweating, nausea and other stomach problems. These symptoms disappear when regularizing work and rest schedules, which is a temporary malaise that usually lasts no more than a week or fifteen days. If this syndrome lengthens, it could lead to an adaptive disorder or a seasonal affective disorder.
Who is affected by Post-Vacational Syndrome?
According to the SEMYFC (Spanish Society of Medicine and Family Community), the people most affected by the post-holiday syndrome are:
- Men and women, in a similar proportion, between 40 and 45 years.
- People who join the work, without having enjoyed a period of transition.
- It affects more the longer the holiday period has been.
- Individuals who idealize the holiday period as the summit of their personal well-being.
- People who are demotivated at work and who show discomfort and apathy in their daily work.
- Subjects with typical symptoms of Burnout Syndrome usually suffer from a more pronounced Post-Vacational Syndrome.
How to deal better with the return to work?
In general, have a positive attitude always helps, in these moments it is important to try to maintain it and not recreate in the feeling of discomfort that produces the return to work. Give us an interpretation of the symptoms as a passenger discomfort, and not give it too much importance.
Since it is likely that we have changed the schedules of our body during the holiday period, it is beneficial to try to regulate our biorhythm to that of the daily routine , to achieve this goal it is advisable to try to go to bed at the same time on the days before the end of the holidays, eat regularly and gradually introduce other routine habits.
If you have the option to do so, it is preferable do not join on a Monday , since in this way the week will be shorter and the change from inactivity to work activity will occur gradually. Once incorporated into working life, it must be regulated the intensity of work activity, to the extent possible.
Another more motivating way to return to work and resume the rest of the year is take advantage of the energy load and the feeling of well-being that the holidays have reported to set new goals , both in the field of work and in the other areas of our lives that push us forward and grow as a person.
