Leisure Sickness 休闲病
Leisure Sickness 休闲病 放假就病真扫兴 leisure sickness n. Ill health that occurs during leisure time, especially on w
Leisure Sickness 休闲病
放假就病真扫兴
leisure sickness n. Ill health that occurs during leisure time, especially on weekends and vacations.
Leisure sickness(休闲病)是由荷兰蒂尔堡大学心理学教授Ad Vingerhoets命名的。研究表明工作狂在周末或假期初期工作压力刚解除的时候，会出现的头痛、疲倦、肌肉酸痛、感冒等，并感到周身不自在，但只要一上班便药到病除，这可能代表已患上休闲病(Leisure sickness)。
研究发现，有3%的人士每逢假期便会生病，当中大多是工作狂，或完美主义者，
Professor Ad Vingerhoets, of Tilburg University in the Netherlands, said people in high-stress positions are most vulnerable to the disease - people consumed with work and who find it difficult making the transition from work to relaxation.
Vingerhoets, who surveyed 1,128 men and 765 women across the Netherlands between the ages of 16 and 87, estimates that around 3% of the population may suffer from weekend or vacation sickness. In a further in-depth study of 114 Dutch sufferers, he found that the most frequently reported symptoms included headaches, migraine, fatigue, muscular pains, nausea and, particularly in relation to vacation, viral infections causing flu-like symptoms and colds.
负责研究学者表示，认为「休闲病」主要成因是压力所致，当工作紧张压力大，身体分泌的肾上腺素会增加，令人心跳加速、流汗，促进免疫能力，不过，身体同时亦会分泌皮质醇，此激素原本可提供能量，但皮质醇持续偏高，则会减弱抵抗力。另方面，当工作停下来，压力亦会降低，肾上腺素很快会停止分泌，但皮质醇就要过一段时间才停止分泌，这段时间免疫能力就会较弱，较容易染病。
The other sort of leisure sickness is found among men and women who have become tired of the rat race and who have downshifted to enjoy a quieter life, only to find themselves suffering from these recurrent minor illnesses plus boredom and depression.
另一种休闲病常见于那些厌倦了职场竞争，选择放慢脚步享受宁静生活的人身上，通常表现为小病不断，情绪低落，生活无趣。
How do you know if you have been struck down with leisure sickness? Well, think back to the past few times you were ill. Did you have to take time off work? Or, after a prolonged period of good health, were you struck down by some mystery bug just as you were setting off on a long-awaited two-week vacation to some far-flung corner of the world? If it is the latter, chances are you, too, have leisure sickness.
研究人员呼吁，工作紧张或者要求特别高的人士，要适当地降低要求，每日给予一些时间自己放松一下，便会减少休闲病发作的机会。
So what do you do if you want to avoid leisure sickness? Of the 20 people in the Dutch study who claimed to have recovered from the condition, 85% were able to identify a specific life change or episode they held responsible for its disappearance, either a change of job or a fundamental change in attitude towards work and life in general.
But if you can't change your job (or your attitude), Vingerhoets suggests exercise on a Friday evening, which can help with the transition from work to weekend leisure; or if you are a perfectionist who takes work responsibilities too seriously, see a psychologist for some cognitive therapy.(责任编辑：www.360gaokao.com)
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