How to return to work after the holidays

You didn't get up at seven in the morning. You didn't take the kids to school before going to the office. And you weren't coming home later than expected due to traffic. The only drawback of the holidays is that they end and, after enjoying the waves, the rest, movies and parties, getting up early to go to work becomes a more difficult task than custom. In this PsychologyOnline article, we give good tips on how to return to work after the holidays.

Patricia Benito Castro, clinical psychologist at Help Psicología and specialist in cognitive-behavioral therapy, tells us what post-vacation syndrome is.

“Post-vacation syndrome is characterized by a picture of anxiety and sadness at the time of returning to work after having enjoyed a vacation period ”. This anxiety and sadness depend on our level of job satisfaction, the negative and irrational thoughts we may have about how our life should be, and the external factors that can cause us stress such as traffic jams, our use of transport, the conditions of our work, inadequate working hours and low remuneration.

When going back to work makes us anxious, we can put the following tips into practice.

This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.