April 11 9:57
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Pedagogy, Psychology and Sociology, SFU, Olesya Volkova told Sibnovosti.ru, why in the spring there is a seasonal aggravation.
The expert explained that the “spring exacerbation” is a household, not a professional term. The phenomenon itself describes the process of human adaptation to the change of season, which is complicated by resources exhausted in the autumn-winter period.
“A person becomes susceptible to any environmental changes, he perceives them as distress – the stress that destroys and does not help a person reach a new level of adaptation, ”the psychologist explains.
This is influenced by temperature changes, changes in atmospheric pressure, which is especially acutely perceived by meteous people, the beginning of the flowering and spread of allergens. Due to an increase in daylight hours, sleep may be broken. In addition, discomfort brings the appearance of the surrounding reality with garbage thawing from under the snow.
In this period, people with a violation of mental or psychological health, as well as small children and the elderly, are especially vulnerable. Moreover, problems can occur not only in the field of mental health, but also with the musculoskeletal system or the cardiovascular system.
The psychologist calls the following symptoms of spring exacerbation, the combination of which should alert: Fatigue and drowsiness, the predominance of poor mood, loss of joy, lack of interest in routine, reduced concentration, change in appetite.
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