[BenjaminDyer]

I agree totally with your point about learning to rest. I am a startup founder, do way too many hours, plus family life, social, volunteering etc. The funny thing I am just back from a two day break (viewing universities with my daughter) and that hard stop caused me to get some virus, it always happens. Work so hard to the point you need to stop, stop, get ill. I can't be the only one.

Aside from that, it's hard for people lots of people to know when to rest when you have this moronic grind culture buzzing in the background. I despise this crush it, work more, do more things attitude in the start up / tech scene. I would have hoped with a better understanding of peoples mental health this would have vanished by now.

[tomhoward]

I used to notice that I’d seem to come down with a cold as soon as I’d switch off for Christmas/New Year (and this is in Australia when it’s hot summer weather). It seemed to happen several times over consecutive years when I was in peak startup stress mode. Someone told me that it’s a virus that’s been in your system for a while, but “suppressed” somehow, and only when you take a rest is your body able to devote energy to a full immune response. I don’t know how true it is; but an interesting possibility.

[dilyevsky]

There’s a similar thing with headaches/migraines that you get every Saturday morning that I personally experienced