Beware of email syndrome Frequent use of the Internet and email may be infected with "email syndrome ". According to a recent survey by a U.S. research agency, more and more Americans are infected with "email syndrome ".
The so-called "email syndrome" refers to the fact that, due to anxiety, worries, and other reasons, you can constantly open your work mailbox when necessary, or frequently query for new emails by phone, even in non-work hours, there is a kind of pathological attachment to emails. "Email syndrome" has become the most widely spread category of "Network syndrome. Statistics from the survey show that nearly 50% of the total number of email users in the United States still remember emails to query the Office on holidays. "Email syndrome" greatly interferes with people's normal work and life. Whether it is common staff or managers, after suffering from this disease, it will gradually become "detection mad ".
The analysis shows that there are several main causes:
First, it is out of the need for information and the desire for communication. A man in Washington who specializes in public relations said that when he was sitting at home or driving on the road, I will always involuntarily hope that I still understand the new progress of everything, and the Internet and email can do this so that he can keep in touch with relevant colleagues at any time, and receive the online subscription information. So wherever he is, even on vacation, he carries his laptop, and now it's a moment to come.
Second, out of unnecessary worries. Many people with "email syndrome" have an unnecessary fear that when they are not in the office, the company will develop a "conspiracy" that is not conducive to them ". When they are resting at home, they constantly query office email addresses every day. Otherwise, they will feel uncomfortable. Its performance is close to "obsessive-compulsive disorder ".
Third, out of responsibility. Some patients say they frequently check messages to stay on standby, as they are responsible for the company. However, they often ignore this trend, that is, from "workaholic" to "anti-Email crazy", and finally, they have completely forgotten their original intention .,
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