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PSYCH
DAY
RELEASE

L O N G E S T DAY

9.30PM
BED

2pm
SOURCES Aviva Health, themuse.com / psychcentral.com, nhs.uk

BACK TO IT
Again, for sheer productivity, steer clear of the
office "banter bus". Don't be unfriendly and
chat when it's appropriate, but if you and your
pal are talking and the rest of the office is either
a) silent; b) staring at you; or c) doing both,
then you are probably the problem.

5.30PM
GET OUT

For the love of god, run for the hills. Working
long hours has been linked to stress, anxiety
and heart disease. What's more, you're not
delivering career-best stuff once you've been
in the office for such a length of time. One
study shows working more than 40 hours
a week actually makes you less productive...

6.30PM
CINEMA

Hello, this day just got 50 per cent more
awesome. A trip to the cinema can have
profound effects on our wellbeing: film
storylines can help us process feelings and
emotions, especially if there are themes that
reflect our own life. Gary Solomon PhD has
written two books on cinema as therapy and
points out suspenseful films release cortisol,
followed by dopamine. Two films released
today will give you "all the feels": Toy Story
4 or, for pure scares, the remake of Child's
Play. Think of it as a couple of hours where
you're not staring at your phone. And if you
are staring at your phone in the cinema, you
should be blasted into space.

What's so perfect about going to bed at
9.30pm? Well, perhaps there's time for...well,
you know. After all, you did work out at 7am.
Why not end the day with a more fun one?
Anything that gets the heart going is good for
you, while sex can also lower stress. One study
in Pennsylvania found those who had sex once
or twice a week are better at fending off illness
(thanks to higher levels of immunoglobulin
A (IgA) in their body), while a test of 3,000
Americans found those who had sex felt
healthier. Even if one of you "has a headache",
a hug can lower both heart rate and blood
pressure. So today, you watched TV alone,
worked out, listened to the best podcast in
the universe (we can't prove that), ploughed
through a mountain of work, bonded with a
pal, had a good cry in the cinema and then had
sex. OK, it might not be the perfect day, but
it's still a bloody good one. B

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http://www.nhs.uk http://www.psychcentral.com http://www.themuse.com

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