"Every year is tough, but this one's tougher than ever." As the year draws to a close, a barrage of year-end gatherings, reports, performance evaluations, and personnel changes descends upon already-stressed white-collar workers, adding insult to injury! Data shows that compared to previous years, anxiety, helplessness, and impatience are setting in earlier among office workers, with insomnia rates surging significantly.
Online Year-End Summaries Gain Popularity
As the year draws to a close, the most headache-inducing tasks for white-collar workers are the various assessment metrics, performance indicators, and year-end reports, leaving them feeling suffocated. Meanwhile, diverse online formats for year-end summaries are gaining traction. Having barely emerged from the financial crisis, they now face the flu crisis, adding to their collective anxiety and increasing the pressure they must endure.
Moreover, the high costs and low wages around year-end create psychological disparities for white-collar workers. Many worry about Spring Festival expenses, making them prone to year-end syndrome.
Experts: Exercise to Combat Negative Emotions
Medical experts point out that besides the stress of year-end tasks, seasonal weather changes also contribute to emotional imbalance and disorders.This phenomenon is particularly pronounced during the depths of winter, hence it is also known as "autumn-winter depression."
Psychologists at Columbia University in the United States have also found that approximately 3% of office workers experience lethargy, irritability, anxiety, and excessive sleepiness during winter, with this phenomenon being more pronounced in large cities.So how can one combat depression? Experts suggest that the most effective method is to increase physical exercise. Exercise boosts adrenal secretion, promotes metabolism, and dispels gloom.
Additionally, when feeling low, consider eating foods like bananas or chocolate that stimulate the nervous system. Getting more sunlight exposure can also effectively prevent depression.