2023-10-08 05:37:52
It’s Sunday, life is beautiful, the sun is shining, when suddenly, anxiety seizes you when you think about work. This “stomach upset” on Sunday evening is actually very common. An English study offers solutions for the first time.
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The Sunday evening stomach upset phenomenon affects one in two people. According to a study from the University of Exeter published in March 2023, this Sunday anxiety would have three main causes.
Thus, you increase the risks if you are in the habit of checking your work emails during the weekend, if you left tasks unfinished when leaving work on Friday, and if you have high demands on yourself.
Finding the balance between pleasure and duty
The expectations you place on your weekend also play a role. Work psychologist Fabienne Brugger notes that there is “a sort of injunction to do great things, to have fun, it’s the prospect that is enticing. But, once you’re there, you can have much more mixed feelings, especially at the end of Sunday, when we take stock of what happened. The more we project things, the greater the probability that the result will not be up to par.”
It is therefore common to feel disappointment, even guilt, either because we have carried out domestic tasks without taking advantage of our free time, or on the contrary because we have taken pleasure at the expense of more tasks. daunting, but necessary.
Facing yourself
Sunday is also conducive to surges of anxiety due to its particular atmosphere, inherited from childhood. Doing your homework, packing your things, going to bed early while the Sunday evening show begins in the living room… these “mini-traumas” would have conditioned us to feel a certain sadness on Sunday evening.
Finally, Sunday presents a different rhythm. Everything slows down, to the point that we often find ourselves facing ourselves, which generates fundamental questions. According to Fabienne Brugger, it is perhaps a sign that the job we have no longer suits us.
Rejoice in Monday
The English study gives several tips to protect yourself from these Sunday evening blues. For example, it is useful to plan activities in advance so that you do not have too much free time to think. Also, if you really need it to feel better, work out a little, it can give you a better sense of control.
The experts also provide recommendations to bosses, who would benefit from not sending emails on weekends or not scheduling objective reviews on Monday morning, so that their colleagues look forward to returning to work.
>> Listen to the radio column again:
Like a Monday – Why this knot in your stomach on Sunday evening? / The Morning / 4 min. / April 17, 2023
Radio subject: Cléa Favre
Web adaptation: Simon Faraud
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