Pierre was dragging of feet, in mid-march. When the crisis was because of its promise of employment. Forced to return home to her parents to Rouento make her apartment in Paris. He was a thousand miles from thinking that, three months later, the idea of leaving the family nest would be a synonym of anguish. Like him, many are the Normans who fear the after the outside, the return to normal life. A feeling that was quickly christened as the ” syndrome of the cabin “.
It is the modernization of an evil more ancient, the ” cabin fever “, which dates back to the end of the Nineteenth century, during the gold rush in America. After having spent whole months in small huts, the adventurers were afraid to return to civilization.
This fear, today linked to the health crisis of the coronavirus, does not only affect young people. Tuesday morning, at the offices of general medicine of La Croix Saint Leroya man in his eighties is this : “ Doctor, I think I have the syndrome of the hut. “
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“ The tension of opposing demands ”
“ In the Face of a patient is already anxious by nature, which shows signs of co-morbidity (Editor’s NOTE : the presence of one or more disorders associated with a primary disease) load we to make of the reinsurance, to indicate the right actions. In this case, adhere strictly to gestures barriers, and avoid any large gathering. Are not encouraged to go out too much, but at least to face the needs of everyday life “, says Mary Korbendau, his doctor.
“ In the absolute, it can affect everyone, but that is mainly people who already had frailties, or those who are well-felt in them, who could do everything of their home rather than to impose the public transport or the suit and tie “gliding Emily Bishop, a psychiatrist at the centre hospitalier du Rouvray to Sotteville-lès-Rouen.
“ We experienced a period of confinement as if we lived in a shack “poses Didier Meillerand, general delegate of Psychodon, association that specializes in the awareness of mental illness. We have built our internal, our house, our apartment. We have assimilated that home, we were protected from the outside and the virus. It then becomes difficult to leave this cabin where we felt safe. “
Another important factor, according to the sociologist in training, equipment of health protection : “ in western communication, the smile and the morphology of the face are fundamental. Gold, we have the mouth hidden by our masks. The mouth is filtered, the face is disguised : all this can make us get out of our cabin with risk of anxiety strong enough. “
Andre*, a manager in the region havraise forty years, offers another explanation in the face of his anxiety : “ During the containment, the pressure is released. In view of the circumstances, health, business activity has slowed down considerably. It was a break in a daily newspaper of objectives to complete, teams to grow continuously. For me, I’m family, with my children. I felt guilty, in retrospect, not be quite there for them, not enough to see them grow. The prospect of a return to the activity précoronavirus ask myself, therefore, almost a moral issue : is it that I can really be both a good manager and a good father ? “if he asked.
“ The return-to-work raises several questionsconcerned Didier Meillerand of Psychodon. After that some were able to see that it was possible to reconcile professional and private life with telecommuting, one may ask : “Does it really leave the people we love, 30, 40, 50 hours a week to immerse themselves in the work ?” The second problem is the requirement of performance and the fragility of the economic context and health. The threat is burn-out, the risk of anxiety or depressive : when there is a tendency of requirements to the contrary, we risk the break-up. And when this tension explodes, the decompensation is a real possibility. ”
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Additional information on the instagram ” le_psychodon “, which offers daily meditation exercises to overcome his fears.
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“Don’t let up the pressure “
Clear Viannaye is a psychiatrist at the centre hospitalier du Rouvray and at the centre medico-psychological
Maromme.
What is the syndrome of the hut ?
Clear Viannaye : “This is not something that we study classically in the field of psychiatry. So transnosographique (ED : approach to non-classical understanding of a disease), this tends towards an anxiety disorder or depression. It is the maintenance of voluntary isolation, seen as beneficial, but which is accompanied by a fear to go outside, get out of its cocoon. It is associated with a sense of agoraphobia (fear of a place where one feels safe and where you can’t escape quickly), a syndrome amotivationnel (lack of pleasure, desire, motivation), and fatigue due to the burden of moral and mental. ”
Who is affected ?
“I see patients from 18 to 65 years. From what I’ve found, and we will need more setback, because the re-emergence of the syndrome is recent, all age groups can be concerned. ”
This syndrome can settle in ?
“The syndrome of the cabin is intended to be transitional. Everyone has a period of emotional of its own. The vast majority of people will solve this problem themselves by picking up their daily. Those who really can’t return to work could turn this syndrome into anxiety disorder or depression. It is about the length of time that it is necessary to monitor, to see if disorders, latent reveal with the déconfinement. ”
What advice do you give to those who experience this syndrome ?
“We must not let the pressure from friends and relatives, it is important to take the time and go small step by small step. I advise my patients to places where there is no mass, the crowd. Avoid gatherings of friends where one says to himself : “Will we kiss each other, and we remove the mask since it stays together”. I noticed that there is more sagging in the densely populated areas, and in urban than in rural areas. ”
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