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IT HAS MANY names. Some call it the ‘Sunday Scaries’. Others the ‘Weirds’, the ‘Sunday Blues’ or ‘Sunday Spookies’.
Most people, though, know it as The Fear.
It is an acute anxiety that creeps up on us as we begin to transition from the weekend to the reality of the impending work-week. You’ve probably started to feel it by now.
Although there is no clinical diagnosis for The Fear, it does have a term to describe it:
It is an acute anxiety when we being to transition from unstructured time to structured time. According to psychologists, there are symptoms:
Business Insider has taken a look for some of the ways to overcome the condition. Although, we might be too late with some of these tips…. For example:
And….
Exhaust you body so you’ll go to be at a decent hour…
Or get yourself ahead…
Call up some friends to make Monday plans. Leave the errands until Tuesday night.
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So it’s in France?? The way the Irish are behaving over a few rules I thought it was just ireland that had the virus,.
@molly: no doubt the neo marxist soy boys NPHET are behind this , they won’t stop till they have destroyed western civilisation ☠️
@molly: no doubt the neo marxist soy boys NPHET are behind this , they won’t stop till they have destroyed western civilisation ☠️
@Russell Smyth: So NEPHET recommended the Frech government to do this? Grow up ffs.
@molly: bistros and restaurants can stay open until 10pm as long as they follow sanitary protocols and lecture halls can remain open at half-capacity (ours are all online still even at this level) so a little different to 5km/h restriction we would have.
@Olivia Smith: whoosh. Sarcasm alert
@Olivia Smith: that was a bit of satire there, olivia
@molly: interesting that the maximum level in France is roughly equivalent to our level 3. Restaurants can stay open and their economy can keep ticking over unlike a complete stop here.
@Russell Smyth: That why you posted it twice? Don’t give me that tosh , the amount of cynics on this site I wouldn’t be surprised if you did believe the clap trap you wrote.
@Olivia Smith: Double whoosh. Just accept you missed the joke and move on.
@James St John Smith: The joke is in all the clowns blaming NEPHET on what’s wrong with this country.
@John Murphy: there is not a complete stop here. But maybe if some people stop acting liked self entitled brats and pull together then we could get through this safely. We are not being asked to do much.
@Olivia Smith: Jesus h……Just read his first comment again and ignore the duplicate posts (which happen regularly enough on this site). He was being sarcastic.
@Russell Smyth: neo Marxist???? I think you need to do some reading
@Russell Smyth: “neo-marxist”? Get a grip man.
@DJ François: aplogies Russell, though with some of the commentators here, it is difficult to know when they are being serious or not!
Inevitable that pubs here will close.
Police the parties , close the pubs and people cop on with social distancing would go a long way in reducing our numbers.
@Hector Son:
Unfortunately, thanks to the few the many will pay.
Some with their lives.
Bloody NPHET and Tony. I won’t comply, no way.
@GrumpyAulFella: when you catch it will you promise not to take up a spot in a hospital?
@GrumpyAulFella: lol…can I ask why? You do know you, and you alone can make a difference? People believe the singular person can make any difference..worried about mental health, we have some great 24hrs lines ti speak to people for free and help you with your troubles, we have support and legislation from banks and most landlords for financial worries, this is not ideal, and it won’t last forever, but the attitude that , nah, not me im not complying 9s ridiculous. Imagine 4million adopted that policy…we would decimate our elders who put us where we are while thinking just about ourselves
@GrumpyAulFella:
And that is a prime example of why the rest of us have to suffer the lock down.
Well done….
@GrumpyAulFella: what will you do? Break into pubs and open them yourself? If we go into a level 5 lock down you’ll have no choice but to comply
@Michael Clinton: relax I was being sarcastic. Ha ha. Why would I blame NPHET about a French lockdown? Looking at the Tony article and the slaughtering that Tony and NPHET are taking and it being “unique” and out of step with Europe and “no way will I comply” and then this article comes up. Brilliant.
@GrumpyAulFella:
Apologies fella, guess I am just furious at the kick in the nads.
Good health to you and yours.
@GrumpyAulFella: Look at this guy. Fishing for controversy. Absolute rebel we have!
@Gavin Mckenna: soldier on kid.
@GrumpyAulFella: Tony only resumed his job this morning. This Level 5 recommendation was made last night. And you do realise that the CMO, whether Holohan or McGlynn, are not actually experts in the control of viral outbreaks ? They are simply the public face of the actual experts working in the background and relaying their advice to the Government/Public. And by the way, NPHET’s roll with this virus is to offer up advice purely from a public health perspective. It’s right there in their name !! They are concerned with limiting spread to protect the health service and thus, save lives. Economic impacts are not their concern, that is the concern of Government who must take the expert advice and weight up any negative social and economic effects before THEY make the decision on what to do. Blaming NPHET or the CMO is a lazy argument grounded in ignorance of how the process works.
@Tommy Roche: Ah Jayzis Tommy, read me post above will ye? I was trying to be sarcastic. It clearly backfired on me :). I believe Tony started back yesterday and was at the meeting last night. Relax pal, I’m in favour of measures to control this thing but I don’t want masses of people losing their jobs either so it’s all about balance.
@GrumpyAulFella: Fair enough. If well disguised sarcasm was an Olympic sport I’d be putting a few bob on ya for the Gold. You’re good. :)
Government need to make new laws instead of recommendations regarding Covid-19 so people breaking them can be prosecuted and/or fined.
A small Roscommon town produced a rapid covid test that you urinate on that gives you a result in 15 mins.
Everyone in the country should get on of these tests and take the test at the same time. Who ever is positive stay at home or seek medical help.
The same test should be given to everyone entering the country.
@Danny Murtagh: clown
@Danny Murtagh: Is that instead of public toilets?
I very much doubt people agree with the closure of cafes.
Still their restrictions are nothing compared to full lockdown level 5.
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