The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast The Sunday Scaries
Our podcast guest is the Editor/Author of Concierge Medicine Today
Nearly every Physician fights a gladiator-like battle every single week. And come Monday morning when you enter that arena you must mentally and physically prepare. The Sunday Scaries doesn't have to intimidate you, scare you or overwhelm you. It's time we talk about it in the open and make it well, not so scary ... anymore.
The Cleveland Clinic defines Sunday Scaries as "feelings of intense anxiety and dread that routinely occur every Sunday."1
CNN Health even wrote a story entitled How to ward off the ‘Sunday scaries’ before the new week begins. Written by Jolanta Burke at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences she writes, For many people, the Sunday scaries also happen due to the work they left behind on Friday evening. The anticipation of the next day, the work you might have to do and all the emails you’ll need to catch up on can cause anxiety. But working through the weekend isn’t the answer either – and could actually leave your mental health worse off. [2] (Source/Credit: CNN Health; Published 8:02 AM EDT, Sun August 14, 2022)
On today's podcast we talk about what it means, ways to reduce anxiety[3], ideas Physicians can use to wrestle with this topic and more. Maybe your Sunday is on Wednesday afternoon, depending on your hectic schedule. Whatever the day may bring, the Sunday blues, the Sunday Scaries ... it's contributing to Physician burnout and we need to talk about it so it's not quite so scary anymore.
Why?
Nearly every Physician fights a gladiator-like battle every single week. And come Monday morning when you enter that arena you must mentally and physically prepare. The Sunday Scaries doesn't have to intimidate you, scare you or overwhelm you. It's time we talk about it in the open and make it well, not so scary ... anymore.
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Articles Referenced, Citations & Sources
- Cleveland Clinic; Psychologist Susan Albers, PsyD, explains why some of us struggle with our day of rest and offers a few helpful tips for making it more bearable; What are the 'Sunday Scaries'?; https://health.clevelandclinic.org/sunday-scaries/
- CNN Health; by Jolanta Burke at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences; Published 8:02 AM EDT, Sun August 14, 2022; https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/14/health/sunday-anxiety-weekend-wellness-partner/index.html
- Why People Get the ‘Sunday Scaries’; By Joe Pinsker; https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/02/sunday-scaries-anxiety-workweek/606289/
- What Are the Sunday Scaries?; By VERY WELLMIND; Ways to Reduce Anxiety on Sunday Nights; Written By Kristen Fuller, MD; Updated on July 21, 2022; Medically reviewed by Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOS; SOURCE: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-are-the-sunday-scaries-5094087#citation-3