Tachycardia. Anxiety. Difficulty taking sleep and sleeping, with awakenings in the middle of the night or at the first light of dawn. There are many manifestations of return syndrome or, if you prefer, of the “Post-Vacation Syndrome”. At risk, above all, those who have completely “busted” compared to the common rhythms of the working months in the 2-3 weeks of vacation, altering the times of the body of the body.
But for everyone to resume professional activities he can hide some pitfalls. And above all it is necessary to use stress well, as an engine for rapid recovery and not as a working life partner and not for a few weeks. Short -term emotional tension can represent “petrol” to take better to resume. But if you keep over time it can open the way to a series of problems that it would be better to avoid.
The importance of planning
Do not entrust anything to chance. At the time of the return, regardless of the holiday style and the level of geographical “breakage”, not only of the activities and the stressful physical experiences and the alteration of the rhythms of meals and sleep (even those who have dedicated themselves to an almost absolute rest can face heavy stress conditions once they return to the daily professional routine), planned. This is the password. When changing the reality in which it has lived (even more if there has been particular psychophysical well -being) and habits that can weigh are resumed, a state of tension is created for the body. The psyche, which somehow reacts.
As for Giano Bifronte, in any case, the important thing is to grasp the positive aspects from this situation. If it is true that you can feel “crushed” when the machine starts again, we always remember that stress, if it does not become chronic, is a resource for the body. And then we must try to grasp the positive aspects of the return to everyday activities, which means a better organization of work and the choice of correct priorities. If you make the mistake of putting all the commitments in line one after the other you can have the feeling that the air is missing, but if instead you can establish short, medium and long term priorities, the stress of the return can become a positive, and short -lived force.
We govern the recovery against stress
The psychological key of this situation is simple. Even if we are talking in general terms – everyone must adapt these indications to his specific situation – rather than being dominated by the effort to take the professional rhythms, it is necessary to govern what happens. Otherwise there is a risk of entering a condition of tension and chronic dissatisfaction, which manifests itself with problems affecting the whole organism: insomnia, and brooding on commitments and anxieties, becomes the partner of night rest, but above all the emotional tension can invade the body and go to hit the muscles, with widespread pains, and even the head, with the appearance of the classic tensive headache.
In this case, the not very strong but continuous headache crises tend to worsen during the day and can request the relief of a drug. Finally, under the shot of stress, there are stomachs and intestines: there are particular proteins called neuropeptids, which directly connect the brain with the digestive system and have a specific action on the musculature of the intestine. In the end, in addition to the increase in stomach acidity, the return for the most sensitive also becomes a moment of intestinal “agitation”, with widespread pains, cramps and weather.
What to do? Here are some suggestions
We come, always in general terms, to small practical advice for the first days of recovery. First of all, be careful of the rhythm of sleep, and consequently to the time of awakening. If you behaved from nightmbuli on vacation, do not pretend to recover the rhythms in a few days, but rather progressively anticipated the hour of rest. Maybe half an hour by evening, taking care to find themselves in a condition to sleep (no heavy dinner, farewell to smoking and drinks rich in caffeine) without particular difficulties. If the alarm wake up every morning at the same time, the hours of sleep are recovered until they return to normal rhythms.
At the table, then, it is better to maintain the rhythm of meals avoiding the fast-food dictated by the clock for lunch and excessively “heavy” dinners, rich in fat. Finally, it is time to enroll in the gym or in the pool: those who have smells find the shape, those who moved very much on vacation keeps physical activity with regulating the healthy rhythms and the “pleasure” of the endorfine discharge that follows the effort.
On the physical activity front, always recommended, you can also try with simple “oriental” stretching exercises. Maybe in the office, to counteract the tension, intertwine the thumbs behind the back with your fingers widening outside, then bend the trunk forward, bringing the arms simultaneously upwards. Stop just the effort causes pain.
Computer chapter. Pay attention to the overdose of blue light, after the necessary disconnection of the holidays. If the screen is fixed for several hours consecutively, significantly reducing the “winking” per minute (the number of times when the eyelids are built) and therefore the tear film is evaporated. Visual rest reduces the risk of visual fatigue, dryness, irritation and eye redness, blurred vision and intense headache.
Finally, as far as possible, already create a path that alternates the work routine and is well organized. What does it mean: do a ladder of working priorities and create the space to dedicate yourself and yourself. Take advantage of the weekends to see friends, take trips or in any case repeat activities that allow you to report, even for a few hours, to the climate of holidays.
