For a long time, we have been melancholy entangled in Monday syndrome. Whenever office workers arrive on this day, they always have no spirit and energy, and their boredom of work has reached the peak. However, judging from the recent survey, it seems that it has a tendency to shift again, because every Wednesday, the mood of office workers is also very low, and there is a tendency to surpass Monday. Let’s see why there are such psychological problems at work.
In movies, there is often a scene where several white-collar workers are bored every Monday and need to go to the cafe to have coffee to refresh themselves. The waiter always greets them like this: “have you committed Monday syndrome again?” For most people, “Monday syndrome” is no stranger. However, the latest research has found that Wednesday is the real low mood sunset of the week.
New Wednesday syndrome
Many office workers find that every Wednesday, they have to struggle before they are willing to go to work. In fact, this reaction is normal.
In the past four years, a university in the United States has conducted in-depth statistical research on the public web messages of 2.4 million weblogs and the microblog “Twitter” also used by President Obama.
They finally found that people are most happy on Sunday, and “bloggers” often write about their happy Saturday night on this day. But on Wednesday, people often feel the pressure of work increases and their mood is the lowest.
Experts say that in fact, people have long noticed the problem of low mood and increased pressure of professionals on Wednesday, so some psychological experts call it “Wednesday syndrome”.
Information anxiety is the root of symptoms
One patient received by the expert once suspected that he had anxiety and work phobia. The patient said that every Wednesday morning when he went to work, he was very nervous and inexplicably had a fast heartbeat. He was always worried that he would not finish his work this week. He hated work and felt very stressed and painful.
A study by another hospital also found that doctors received more visits on Monday and Wednesday than usual, and the number of appointments was also 10% higher. On Mondays, the incidence rate of heart disease was 20% to 30% higher than usual. But the number of visits on Wednesday was higher than that on other days. It is not clear why. The doctor just said: “it seems to be related to anxiety and depression.”
The investigation of related topics shows that the more information received on Wednesday, the easier it is to cause information anxiety. The more information that enters people’s eyes and brains, the more psychological impact and burden, resulting in fatigue and anxiety. “Wednesday is in the middle of a week’s work day. The happiness of the previous weekend has gone, but the next weekend has not arrived. At this time, people’s mood will drop to the lowest point in a week.” Experts believe that what makes people highly nervous is the feeling of being instructed by others. “Having this feeling for a long time will make people sick. There is nothing happier than being able to freely control their time.”
Wednesday is the best time for a meeting
However, the research also found that people’s thinking on Wednesday is the most creative. Moreover, after dealing with internal affairs for two days, on Wednesday, people may prefer to communicate with the outside world to achieve balance. In view of this, psychologists suggest that a meeting be arranged on this day.
Experts said that an interesting study found that in the first half of the week, people are energetic and have radical attitudes and behaviors; In the second half of the week, people’s energy gradually decreases, but they are more flexible. This research has brought some practical guidance to people. “For example, go to your boss on Thursday to discuss a pay rise. At that time, he was good at talking. But don’t forget that your boss may have discovered this rule and is sharpening his knife and preparing to lay off people on Friday.”
How does Black Wednesday make the pressure “call transfer”
Experts have given four ways to relieve pressure:
1 take a little time to meet your hobbies. For example, a good meal, flowers, birds, insects, fish, chess and card entertainment will make it easier for you to find your enthusiasm for work.
2 write down the efforts that make you proud. This refers to what you have done with 100% effort, regardless of success or failure.
Make yourself a wall of honor. Post all the “certificates of merit” that can show your self-worth on them: such as the prizes you have won, the best work you have done, an email praised by your boss, the dried flowers your colleagues gave you on your birthday, and so on. When you pass by, you can absorb the positive energy it brings you.
4 focus on how to solve problems. Put a “no” sign next to the phone or computer to remind yourself not to fall into negative thinking.
The most common way to relieve stress is to relax. There is an old Chinese saying that “relaxation is the way of writing and martial arts” and a Western proverb that “those who can rest can work”. In fact, it is the same truth. As long as a person has two or three hobbies that can really relax his body and mind, the tension caused by work in general is not so terrible. Sadly, our school only teaches how to work hard from an early age, not how to relax and relax. Such as the cruel “head hanging beam, cone stabbing thigh”… People trained in this way will not take care of their innate interests and hobbies, and even try to suppress or even destroy their basic physiological needs. How can they not make mistakes?
Learning to rest is especially important. Active rest is not simply lying down and sleeping, nor continuing to overdraw physical strength to relax the spirit, but relaxing both physically and mentally in activities.
In addition to active rest and relaxation, we should also learn how to “not react” at work, that is, not to let pressure on us. It is vulgar to say that “I don’t care about leisure”. I remember that in a book about the clean and honest officials, people’s Congress can be divided into two types: one is good at doing things and working seriously, but relatively bad at dealing with changes or ambiguous situations; The other kind of people are good at contacting people and are good at random changes. The former is often a very good technician, but when promoted to a leader and wants to coordinate and organize different people and things, the original strength will not come out, and if it is not good, the more it is, the worse it will become, and it will be hard to please. The latter is a better lubricant in the team, but without the backbone and principle and discipline, the good will become a troublemaker and the bad will become a black sheep. Therefore, to relieve pressure, we should learn to develop our strengths and avoid our weaknesses according to our own personality. Don’t choose those who are good at reconciliation. Those who are poor at interpersonal coordination should not be misled by superficial promotions. The same task, choose a path that can give play to your strengths; You can “not react” to what you are not good at. The mutual support of a good team is reflected at this time, and the complementary role can make 1 + 1 > 2. Even if there is no good team support, you can only refuse to respond when you should. It is better to discover your limitations and accept them than to insist on them.
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