There is a secret enemy waiting for vacationers to return to the city: anxiety. A sensation that, along with the worry, occupies 7 in 10 citizens, according to an Italian study. Summer relaxation becomes a distant memory, and worries left in the office become suddenly vivid before you take your clothes out of your suitcase, like the anxiety of the bell that will give life to everyday trouble every morning.

This is the picture found by a study of the Sanpelegrino Observatory that has collected the opinions of thousands of citizens through an online monitoring of key social networks and digital forums and communities.

The study found that most individuals return to town fall into bad mood.

Access to return to the city comes with anxiety (43%) and worry (33%). 27% are depressed and only 21% are calm.

During holiday breaks, 6 in 10 citizens say they do not want to think about the routine that awaits them. 47% of respondents avoid thinking about workplace anxieties, 32% rejecting the idea of returning to the city, thinking that a new year is about to begin and that they have to do the morning bell again. Thus amidst the worries caused by returning, we find that we are not psychologically ready, which is reflected in laziness and lack of concentration.

Adapting to a change leads to strain - explains Francesca Chiricozzi, a psychotherapist and neuropsychologist at La Sapienza University in Rome - when this is required at very high levels and in fast times, our body reads these demands as signals that trigger an alarm. . From here the state of stress, activation of the responses needed to guard against the situation of psychological discomfort. There are those who feel overwhelmed after the summer holidays. "Recovery translates anxiety associated with regaining school or work activity," says Luca Piretta, a nutritionist and gastroeterologist specializing in Human Nutrition Sciences. The more drastic the transition between vacation and work, the more obvious what we can define as "relapse syndrome". It is characterized by general illness, fatigue, rupture, irritation and sleep disturbances. Some of these symptoms are psychologically sourced, others from nutritional deficits and dehydration.

But what scares me the most? According to the study at the top of the mindset is work, the biggest concerns are the idea of returning and being locked in a physical place to work, misunderstandings with colleagues and employers, anxiety of results and stress of relocations.

In terms of changing lifestyles, returning to the city worries because it reinforces chronic dissatisfaction with what is being done, mood swings that make you irritable and irritable, little time available to see your children, parents or partner.

In order to recover the optimum conditions you should start in the morning. Many scientific publications show how not consuming the first meal of the day lowers concentration performance and physical activity performance. Even a proper ratio of salts to water helps maintain balance in both the tone of humor and intellectual capacity.