Do You Have Post-holiday Syndrome?

你有节后综合症吗？

美好的假期又要结束了。春节长假结束，白领和学生一族又将重返原有的生活状态，然而很多人还处在假期模式中，一下子调整不过来，患上了节后综合症。该如何摆脱乏力、抑郁等症状呢？一起来看看年轻人的现身说法，听听专家的支招吧！

Lu Wenfei, 22 years old, is a senior student majoring in broadcasting and TV engineering at the Communication University of China. She enjoyed chatting with her friends and playing Texas Hold ’em Poker on her iPad during this festive season. She played all night and slept during the day.

“I like to put everything out of my mind when I have a chance to relax,” said Lu from Shanghai. “However, I find myself even more exhausted than that of studying hard on campus.”

With half of her holiday gone, Lu suffered a series of common post?鄄festival syndromes: stress, fatigue and frustration. What’s more, exhausted and a bit concerned about her graduate project and looking for a job, Lu got a fever in the end.

Lots of college students are hit by anxiety and depression before a new academic session. because of too many exhausting parties, gaming and eating.省略 has reported that some training agencies have offered tutorial service to help the youth to shift from “holiday mode” to “study mode”.

Zhang Sheng, 19, a freshman at Nanjing University has already begun to develop a phobia when he thinks of returning to school.

He has yet to read any of the books on the recommended reading list, not to mention write any English journals. He also had a headache over a dozen of hard subjects on the new semester’s curriculum.

He wonders how to get himself out of the holiday mood. He is watching live English Premier League soccer until 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning everyday, or chase after the popular British teen drama, Skins. “I have to drag myself out of that state,” he said.

However, some students feel better about a return to study. Zhao Shumeng, 23, a journalism major from Peking University has a well thought-out plan for the rest of her holiday.

She plans to give herself up to an incoming discussion of a group project.“It would be too late if I try to get a grip on everything at the start of the semester.”

Li Wei is a director in charge of students’ administration work at the School of Foreign Language Studies at Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University. He suggests that young people ease themselves out of the holiday mood at least a week before the start of semester.

“You could go to a local library or bookstore or you could contact your study buddies at university,” he said. “It’s most important to make plans.” His advice is echoed by Yu Baolong, a teacher of students’ work at Nanjing Medical University. He emphasizes that you should adjust your biological clock back to normal as early as possible and not leave it to the final day or two of your holiday. “Imagine what you want to do the next year, and draw a timetable, the more specific the better,” said Yu.