Dr House
Some call it the house effect. Some say it’s the vacation effect. However, they’re both different syndromes and how so, I shall expound shortly.
Have you ever felt like not leaving the house once you’re safely ensconced within? You may feel that there is no need to step out and everything you need is right here at home. The social calendar is suddenly limited to the couch, kitchen and bedroom and any other living sentient beings at home (for some, plants even). Any urges to leave the house is suddenly mollified and so what if there’s a sale at the swanky mall in town... If your life sounds similar to this, then yes, you have the what I would like to term, ‘house effect’ (nothing to do with the awesome series btw, of which the latest season is already out).
The ‘vacation effect’ is only limited to its self-explanatory name. Hence, if it’s a normal workday, and you don’t have the urge to leave home, you have the ‘house effect’ and not the ‘vacation effect’. The vacation effect may not necessarily confine you within the four walls of your house and in fact may encourage you to expand your social network suddenly to random strangers and the like. All in the name of holiday...basically, doing anything but work.
So, there you have it, another quack diagnosis which should not be used as a substitute for your medical doctor’s opinion. I shall not be responsible if your boss/teacher tosses out your excuse for being absent with any of the syndromes mentioned above.
Maybe I should do a medical degree...
Have you ever felt like not leaving the house once you’re safely ensconced within? You may feel that there is no need to step out and everything you need is right here at home. The social calendar is suddenly limited to the couch, kitchen and bedroom and any other living sentient beings at home (for some, plants even). Any urges to leave the house is suddenly mollified and so what if there’s a sale at the swanky mall in town... If your life sounds similar to this, then yes, you have the what I would like to term, ‘house effect’ (nothing to do with the awesome series btw, of which the latest season is already out).
The ‘vacation effect’ is only limited to its self-explanatory name. Hence, if it’s a normal workday, and you don’t have the urge to leave home, you have the ‘house effect’ and not the ‘vacation effect’. The vacation effect may not necessarily confine you within the four walls of your house and in fact may encourage you to expand your social network suddenly to random strangers and the like. All in the name of holiday...basically, doing anything but work.
So, there you have it, another
Maybe I should do a medical degree...
