Many people get irritable and anxious when they think of going to work on Monday, which is called “Monday anxiety”. What is “Monday anxiety disorder”? “Monday anxiety” refers to the phenomenon of feeling tired, dizzy, chest tightness, bloating, loss of appetite, body aches and pains, and lack of concentration when going to work on Monday. From Monday to Friday, people are in a race to the bottom, leaving aside anything that is not related to work or study. When it’s the double day off, these things are put back on the agenda, so that the double day off becomes an extra busy day. These two days destroy the “motivational stereotype” of work and study that has been built up. To the Monday after the double day off, must be fully re-involved in work and study, that is, must re-establish or restore has been destroyed “power stereotypes”, which will inevitably appear more or less unsuitable, that is, the so-called “Monday syndrome”. In modern society, most people are working from 9 to 5. For office workers, Friday is the most pleasant day, Monday is the opposite psychological, all the relaxed and happy mood had to be put away in the morning. So many people will get irritable and anxious when they think of going to work on Monday, which is called “Monday anxiety disorder”. The four symptoms of Monday anxiety Symptom one: forgetfulness The remedy: the day before going to work, you can consciously do some work-related content, make sure to set aside half a day to think about the next day’s work, and Sunday night to prepare all the things on Monday. Symptom two: lack of concentration Symptom: don’t arrange over-stimulating and highly exciting activities the day before going to work, psychological buffering can improve psychological tolerance, and do something that interests you properly before going to work to improve your concentration. Symptom 3: Boredom Prescription: Monday is the double “transition period” of the mind and body, and the “beginning period” of the week, so it is more likely to cause a period of sleepiness that is difficult to get rid of, in addition, we must be good at self-regulation. Symptom 4: Laziness Symptom: Monday makes people feel irritable, drowsy and unable to work and study, so on Sunday you should prep for Monday’s tasks and avoid procrastinating on Monday. Analysis of the causes of “Monday anxiety” and the psychological prescription 1, the weekend excitement, Monday’s frustration, too obvious mood swings for office workers is not good after all, either affect interpersonal relationships, or affect the performance of work. Psychological prescription: to learn to keep a smooth mind First of all, to understand the law of their emotional ups and downs, it may be worthwhile to do the heavy work as early as possible. Secondly, the Monday day of the work schedule as rich as possible and easy to complete, the switch between different jobs will make people excited, easy to complete the task can give you enough sense of accomplishment. Finally, either a little extreme, on Monday the day of the challenge of a new task, do nothing else, just focus on breaking this “fortress”, can also be invigorating. 2, the same work and busy state of mind. If you can make work as enjoyable as a vacation, who will be afraid of Monday’s work, and who will be looking forward to leaving work early on Friday? Psychological prescription: The best solution is for workers to change their mindset. First of all, from a different perspective, if your work is similar to that of your colleagues, you can treat it as a “friendly competition” to see who is more capable of working with you and your colleagues, of course, this is what you think in your heart, but never say it out loud, otherwise it will become an enemy around. Secondly, if your work is directly assigned by your boss, you can take it as an “assessment” of your boss’s leadership ability, by your “interviewer” to judge whether your boss is able to know people well, the workload and subordinates work ability is not able to match. Finally, imagine, after returning to work on Monday, from the leisure state to the busy state, two very different state switch, often into a new excitement. Complete such a change of mind, they will be in a psychological advantageous position, work will also be much more interesting. How to refuse the “Monday syndrome”? 1, Monday treat yourself better Monday morning the more depressed you are, the more you need to give yourself a good dress. The more you clean yourself up, the better your mood will be and the more confident you will be, the easier it will be to get the affirmation of others, forming a positive interaction. 2, breakfast can not be omitted Monday syndrome there is always mental fatigue, low energy performance, in this case, the importance of breakfast is shown, breakfast eaten well, can ensure a day of energy. And experts recommend that breakfast is best to choose low-fat, high-protein food, protein can promote the secretion of adrenaline, improve human spirit, low-fat will not bring hidden dangers to the body. Lunch can be hearty. 3, develop exercise habits Usually adhere to the exercise fitness is also very helpful. Because if you usually exercise regularly, there is no doubt that physical strength and energy will be better than the average person, so that even if you are more tired on Saturday and Sunday, you can cope with the work on Monday, than people who do not exercise in a good state hate much. 4, don’t play too much on the weekend Reasonable arrangements for the weekend, such as trying to arrange the labor-intensive activities on Saturday, Sunday can be a good recovery; not too much sleep during the day, so as not to lose sleep at night and so on. It is recommended to adjust Sunday’s work and rest time to the working day state, so that you can better meet the next day’s work, Sunday night is very important, try not to arrange activities, according to the usual time to bed. Sunday’s routine is the most important reason for the emergence of Monday syndrome, so we should try to keep Sunday’s routine and daily consistent. 5, pre-determined Monday task plan In view of Monday’s work is more affected by physical emotions, so on Sunday to make a plan for yourself on Monday is still necessary. The work plan will be arranged properly, and then think about how to do it better and faster, so that the next day when you go to work, you can quickly enter the work state. The rest of the weekend time properly arranged, is an effective way to avoid the Monday syndrome, especially the day of Sunday, to adjust to the normal work and rest, so that the next week more relaxed!