Post-vacation depression - what to do?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The holiday season is drawing to a close. Most of us are familiar with this syndrome of post-vacation depression - the hardest thing to work is when yesterday you were on the beautiful seaside, and not in a stuffy office. It seems that there is nothing more dull and depressing than gray workdays, if they were preceded by southern days and nights full of freedom, happiness and romance.

“It would be better not to have a rest at all,” the girl, who has just returned from vacation, thinks, getting ready to go to the office in the morning. There she is faced with a thousand messages in e-mail and a bunch of problems that require immediate solution, she has to get involved in the work literally in "combat" conditions.

In the evening, having come home, she, exhausted, falls on the sofa, believing that she has never been so unhappy. Although he perfectly remembers that this is repeated the first week after each vacation. But how can you survive this?!?

Agree, cursing life whenever you just enjoyed it is wrong. Psychologists generally do not advise separating vacation and everyday life. This does not mean at all that you should wake up in an overseas hotel room with thoughts on the annual report and fall asleep with them. It is just important to realize that rest is as much a part of life as working days. Vacation is not the only thing that makes us happy. Being in your hometown, spending five days a week in the office, you can also find time for entertainment and relaxing leisure time. Start your morning ritual, like getting up a little earlier and a cup of hot tea in your hands, standing by the window alone with your beloved city. Or yoga, gymnastics, dancing classes - just 10 minutes will invigorate and fill you with energy for the whole day!

If it is really difficult for you to get involved in the work process and you realize that you cannot cope with the emptiness that has settled in your soul, then our advice is just for you. We hope they can help you.

Give yourself a little time

Do not go to work the next day after returning from vacation. Make sure you have one or two days at home to devote to your post-vacation adaptation. Calmly get ready for work, get used to the idea that you still have to go there. And finally, settle the household chores that have accumulated during the rest. You don't want your head to hurt, not only because of the avalanche of official duties that hit you.

Tell us about your vacation

Share with your colleagues with whom you have a good relationship, your impressions of the vacation. Thus, you will slightly prolong the feeling of relaxation and tranquility, while smoothly transferring it to workdays. Show resort photos, present brought souvenirs, reliving the pleasant moments of your ended vacation.

Relax

Yes, it is in a relaxed state that you should come to work after your vacation. It seems to many that this is impossible, but in fact it is not. You should understand that in everyone's life the scenario “work –– vacation –– work” is repeated, and the latter, by the way, is much more. So is it worth worrying about what you cannot change? It’s like worrying that it’s snowing and trying desperately to stop it.

Don't do everything at once

The office somehow survived for several weeks without you, and it will also live for a couple of days. And at this time, being at the workplace, you will calmly delve into what is happening, draw up a plan of affairs, set priorities. In general, start your work routine with an understanding of what exactly you will need to do in the near future.

Plan your next vacation

It's nothing that there is at least six months before it - it is vital for you now to think about where you will go, view approximate prices for tours, and look for tickets on websites. The thing is that at the end of the vacation we feel as if life is over. Some may think this is stupid, but many find it really difficult to part with carefree moments of relaxation. That is why you (if you belong to the second category of people) should in every possible way convince yourself that all the most beautiful is yet to come (even more so this is true), and indulge in dreams of your next vacation.

Get distracted

If you follow the scenario “work –– home –– work –– home” day after day, then you can very quickly forget that in addition to two points A and B, there are also C, D, E, E and others in life. These are meetings with friends, a joint hobby with a loved one, playing sports, visiting theaters and exhibitions. In general, now in no case should you withdraw into yourself and lose interest in life. Enjoy the present moment!

Remember that everything is temporary

When you feel particularly sad, remember not to be sad all the time. This too shall pass. In just a couple of weeks, you will wake up in the morning, calmly pack yourself and go to work. And yesterday's experiences will be forgotten. Such a moment will surely come.

There is life after the vacation! And sometimes she's even more fun and productive. Undoubtedly, everyone wants an eternal holiday, relaxation and resort lightness, but you would never know all the delights of vacation, if it were your constant state. It is impossible to endlessly consume, you need to give something to society. Therefore, work hard, achieve new heights in your career, engage in self-development, so that later you will reward yourself with wonderful, carefree days on the seaside.