Video: Scientists have figured out the causes of pre-holiday stress
2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00
In the modern world, only children can sincerely rejoice at the onset of Christmas and New Year's holidays. Adults, on the other hand, are forced to rack their brains, solving various issues and scurrying about shopping malls. As a result, most of us are not in a festive mood at all. But don't blame the New Year's Eve bustle for everything. According to scientists from the University of Edinburgh, it is at this time that hormonal changes occur, which cannot but affect the general condition.
According to experts, New Year's hysteria is inevitable. Dr. Robert Lustig from the University of California explains that at this time we tend to make irrational decisions under the influence of hormonal levels.
So, because of the festive atmosphere, a person experiences a surge of the hormone of joy - serotonin. And its accumulation translates into stress and an increased concentration of cortisol. Therefore, one tries to find satisfaction, for example, in food. It helps by increasing dopamine levels, but only temporarily.
And over time, more and more food is required for dopamine to have the same effect as before. Hence overeating, jumps in insulin and sugar levels, writes Meddaily.ru. At the same time, increased stress leads to increased blood pressure, immune suppression and increased sugar production.
How to be? American psychologists have proposed several methods for preventing holiday stress. True, we are not talking about the use of drugs, but the use of time management techniques. So, lists of gifts and even an approximate schedule of visits to relatives and holiday parties should be drawn up a month before the celebrations.
The fairer sex should not try to do all the things on their own, recommends Dr. David Palmiter. Now is not the best time to imagine yourself as a superwoman, do not hesitate, seek help from your household.
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