Put Your Feet up and Then It Hits You?

This happens to teachers all of the time. We power through to get the work done and we get exposed to everything. I cannot tell you how many times I have been sick for Thanksgiving or Christmas break. I think sometimes the shock of being able to get a bit more sleep shocks my body into being sick, if that makes any sense.

We used to call this Vacation Syndrome! Every darn time we'd go somewhere someone would get sick. Usually the person that needed the vacation the most.

Yup. Seems like the body knows this is its chance to breakdown and get some rest. Typically people have to work harder too before they go on vacation so I think adrenaline increases and gets us through the crunch and then crashes. Stinks.

I thought from the title this was going to be about more demands, lol. Can not tell you how many times I finally relax and then remember something else that needs to be done. And when I was working I would be driving home after a 10 hour shift and remember something tha needed done at work. I woyl remember it again in the shower tge next morning and get to work early to complete it. Ugh!
But yes, every time we approach a much needed vacation someone seems to come down with something. We were going camping directly after the last day of school last year. The ten year old comes out of school the day before and says she jammed her finger twice at school. I told her it looked fine, but in the morning it didn't. Ran around all day to the doctor and then for xrays. Ran home to pack, back for the splint. Spent the camping trip nursing her and rewrapping her splint.
I'd say tell your friend to take vitamin D, but maybe it's Murphy's law?!?

Yep, it happens to me all the time. The body is recovering from over use and stress.

Yes! My husband thinks it's all in my head. Now I have something to show him!

We have to get up about the same time every day, including weekends. This past Friday the boys and I finally had a day we didn't have to get up. And it felt great!!! We slept in until about 8:00, and then I let them watch tv and play on electronics. This is such a rare treat that I didn't even worry about too much screen time.

On Saturday I was ready for bed at the same time. My husband thought that was crazy since I had had a lazy day the day before. I told him that my body does this. When things are super crazy and I finally get a break, my body says, "Yeah!!! Break time!!!" and seriously takes a break.

My brother seems to get sick whenever he takes time off from work. Like your friend, he is a small business owner, and often feels that the business can't function without him for a day sometimes.

Maybe with folks like your friend and my bro, where work is a 24/7 concern in your head even if you're not physically present there, the body is cranked up on the adrenaline of "I have to get this done right now, and only I can do it right" when AT work, then the body just kind of collapses when there's a moment of letting down that guard....

I feel for your friend and his family. It's rotten to get some time off and then spend it feeling bad. I think you put it well -- as soon as he slows down his body has time to let whatever's been brewing to "come to the fore."

My brother's gotten better, though, since getting married again and seems to be able to leave work worries behind more than when he was divorcing and then single!

Yep, every school vacation I was sick but had perfect attendance .

When I worked stressful jobs, I often got sick during my rare vacations. It was very frustrating! I think it's normal for your body's defenses to relax when you slow down. Especially if you are out of balance with things like nutrition and sleep and too much work...which happens to everyone sometimes.

All the time. We are a pretty go go go family between multiple sports and both my husband and I work full time so when we finally get some down time in between seasons or something we will drop like flies. We are actually recovering from some nasty virus that left my daughter with a fever and sore throat for 6 days (2 negative strep tests and a negative flu test later deemed a virus) and I am coming down with a cold of some sort. Soccer, and baseball all ended last week so I have 4 evenings a week off of practices now.

Yep.
Feels like your mind/body know you have to go, go, go & get a million
things done so it's primed to keep going. Then the minute your body is
no longer in motion but at rest......BAM..........it's like it knows it can be
"down" & you get that cold your body was staving off while in motion.

Used to happen to me ALL the time. Now that I'm not quite as in motion...
........I only get sick when the kids go back to school. Ha ha.

Remember high school and college? Right after finals when you get that break...sick every time!

Honestly, I haven't gotten sick since going gluten free. I was constantly sick before that. Since going gluten free two and a half years ago, I haven't had as much as a cold.

Doesn't everybody get sick on vacation/holiday?

Yep.
Feels like your mind/body know you have to go, go, go & get a million
things done so it's primed to keep going. Then the minute your body is
no longer in motion but at rest......BAM..........it's like it knows it can be
"down" & you get that cold your body was staving off while in motion.

Used to happen to me ALL the time. Now that I'm not quite as in motion...
........I only get sick when the kids go back to school. Ha ha.

My husband. Not quite the same but he can run around all day and come home and get stuff done but the moment he sits - game over. He's asleep.

I think that when you are conditioned to GO, when you stop, your body reacts.