 放假就得“休閑病” leisure sickness
[ 2009-06-12 08:58 ]
工作壓力太大、生活節奏太緊張的時候，大家都會渴望假期?？墒牵燃倨谡嬲絹淼臅r候，想睡懶覺卻睡不著了，什么活都不干卻落得腰酸背疼，看到垂涎已久的美食也興奮不起來。這到底是怎么了？難道是得了leisure sickness（休閑?。?？
Leisure sickness has been identified by the Dutch psychologist Professor Ad Vingerhoets of Tilburg University. Its symptoms can include nausea, fatigue, headaches, and recurrent infections that appear whenever the stress of the working week is suddenly removed, either at the weekend or at the beginning of holidays.
Leisure sickness（休閑病）是由荷蘭蒂爾堡大學心理學教授Ad Vingerhoets命名的。其癥狀包括惡心、疲憊、頭痛以及重復感染等，周末或假期初期工作壓力剛解除的時候，這些癥狀就會出現。
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.
另一種休閑病常見于那些厭倦了職場競爭，選擇放慢腳步享受寧靜生活的人身上，通常表現為小病不斷，情緒低落，生活無趣。
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一起來downshifting（為生活減速）吧
你有lottery mentality嗎
你是zero drag（零阻力）員工嗎
你是sleep camel嗎
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