How to deal with post-holiday syndrome (Part III) -- Anxiety Syndrome

by 60888888 on 2010-02-23 11:13:02

Yesterday I introduced the metabolic syndrome of post-holiday syndrome, and today I will continue with the last one: anxiety syndrome. Many people don't want to go back to work after the holiday, fearing to face huge work pressure again, resulting in lack of concentration, anxiety or insomnia. Why can some people quickly adjust their state and face pressure calmly, while others cannot?

This is because a person's character and temperament are closely related to his living environment, especially his diet structure. For example, when eating "junk food" like McDonald's and KFC, people often experience insomnia, fear of facing pressure, emotional instability, and irritability. After adopting organic food and nutritional supplements, they can fall asleep immediately, sleep soundly until dawn, and their emotions and temperaments become more stable.

Experts pointed out that the longer the vacation, the more obvious this anxiety becomes; the greater the pressure in the working environment, the more prominent the fear of returning to work. This is because after a long period of physical and mental relaxation, suddenly becoming tense and engaging in stressful work creates a significant psychological gap, leading to a period of maladjustment. However, these all belong to normal psychological reactions, and there is no need to overreact or be overly anxious. Generally speaking, it takes 3 to 5 days to adjust the mindset and enter the normal work routine.

Nutritionists have found that consuming excessive amounts of sugar, starch, and fat can make you restless and emotionally unstable; lacking vitamins, especially vitamin C, makes you afraid of social interactions and unable to face pressure; lacking minerals, particularly calcium and magnesium, makes you nervous; and lacking melatonin causes insomnia.

To eliminate anxiety and insomnia, adjust the "time difference" or improve sleep, you can directly supplement tryptophan derivatives - 5-hydroxytryptophan. However, you should also take deep-sea fish oil (DHA), B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, and nitric oxide products (NO). If the effect of tryptophan is limited, you can take valerian root extract. Valerian is also known as "sleep grass" in Europe and has natural sedative and calming effects. If both tryptophan and valerian root have limited effects, you can directly take melatonin.