Spaniards Have Post-Vacation Blues

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Post-vacation doldrums affect 35 percent of Spain's younger workers, with symptoms including insomnia, loss of appetite, irregular heartbeat and feelings of despair, researchers reported. Spanish workers of any age can and do get the summer's-end blues, but those most vulnerable are people aged 25-40, who tend to go right back to work after returning from their holiday, with no transition period, said ANEPA(National Association of Accredited Preventive Entitles), a private association of workplace safety monitors. As most Spaniards get a month off per year, one trick is to space that time out over the course of the year rather than blow it all at once in the summer, the study said. Also, besides spending a few days at home before going back to work, it is a good idea to avoid returning on a Monday. This "can aggravate the situation," said ANEPA. "We should go back on some other day of the week, thuis reducing the psychological impact of returning to work." In a separate study, the Spanish Society for Family and Community Medicine said other symptoms of the post-vacation rut are fatigue, stomach cramps, trouble breathing, sluggishness and crankiness. Its tips for getting over it are to ease back into one's job, be aware that such doldrums are fleeting, don't make important decisions while under the influence of them and, finally, this:"Look at the return to work as a new period in life in which you can do new activities leading to personal growth."