Yet another study on the link between Monday and health They found that those who become anxious with the approach of the beginning of the week are stressed even more, increasing the risk of developing different types of diseases. The interesting and different aspect of this research, conducted by a team from the University of Hong Kong and published on Journal of affective disordersis that This effect was not found only in workers, but also in retirees.
Monday stress. The study involved 3,511 adults ultra -year -olds, who reported their levels of anxiety for a week in several days of the week; scholars then analyzed the widespread samples to verify Cortisol levelsa hormone produced in stress situations. From the results it emerged that the people who had declared that they feel particularly anxious On Monday they had cortisol levels about 23% higher of those who perceived anxiety the other days of the week.
“Loves” and health. The study suggests that the Mondayitis (literally “moons”), the feeling of “malaise” that is heard on the first day of the week, could influence the hypothalamic-pituitary-legal axis (HPA), the main stress management system in the body. Chronic stress could excessively stimulate HPA, causing problems to the immune system, diseases such as cancer or diabetes and cardiovascular pathologies. This could be the biological mechanism behind the Association on Monday-cardiovascular manufacturers found in several studies (we had told you about one too).
Also retirees. The most interesting aspect of the research is an contraintumental detail: despite the Monday-anxiety association, it seems typical of a worker, the researchers found that Pensioners also feel high levels of stress on the first day of the weeksuffering the same negative effects. “Monday is a sort of” cultural stress amplifier “, explains Tarani Chandola, research coordinator. “It is not just about work, but how deeply rooted in our stress physiology, even after having finished the career is deeply rooted.”
In short, it seems that even when we finish working our body continues to stress as if the first day of the week should play the alarm clock to go to the office.
