227 - 5 Facts About 'Hangxiety,' or Hangover-Induced Anxiety

Savvy Psychologist

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🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Hangovers are bad enough. Mustering the willpower to get a glass of water, let alone make an egg sandwich, can take multiple hours. But now there’s a new symptom in the news: hangxiety, which is exactly what it sounds like—feeling anxious while hungover. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen walks you through 5 things you need to know about hangxiety, including how to avoid it in the first place. Read the full transcript at https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/health-fitness/mental-health/5-facts-about-hangxiety-or-hangover-induced-anxiety Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts FOLLOW SAVVY PSYCHOLOGIST Order Ellen's book HOW TO BE YOURSELF: https://us.macmillan.com/howtobeyourself/ellenhendriksen/9781250161703/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/savvypsychologist On Twitter: https://twitter.com/qdtsavvypsych Download free, science-backed resources to fight social anxiety: http://EllenHendriksen.com

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0:00.0	Welcome back to savvy psychologist. I'm Dr. Ellen Hendrickson and every week I'll help you
0:09.5	meet life's challenges with evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.
0:19.1	A hangover is already painful. The headache, the exhaustion, the upset stomach, the grumpiness.
0:26.3	You check your phone for regrettable texts, your face in the mirror for regrettable
0:30.9	sharpie drawings, and your hotel room for Mike Tyson, air drumming. for
0:33.3	regretable Sharpie drawings and your hotel room for Mike Tyson, air drumming to Phil Collins songs.
0:37.3	But there is a new hangover symptom that is having its groaning,
0:41.2	leave me alone moment in the sun.
0:43.7	Hang anxiety.
0:45.1	And anxiety is exactly what it sounds like,
0:47.8	the phenomenon of feeling anxious while hung over.
0:51.4	So this week, just in time for your best friend's holiday party or your
0:54.8	sister-in-law's annual New Year's Eve bash, here are five facts about
0:59.3	anxiety you can wash down with two Advil and a big glass of water.
1:06.0	Fact number one is anxiety isn't just anxiety about what you said last night, it's driven
1:12.3	by brain chemistry. So folks who have a beer after work to
1:16.5	unwind or down a shot before a party to loosen up know firsthand that alcohol can make you feel calmer and improve your mood, at least at first.
1:27.0	The calming part comes from alcohol's effect on gabba and glutamate,
1:32.0	neurotransmitters that respectively slow things down and amp things up.
1:38.2	An alcohol increases the effects of gabba, suppresses the effects of glutamate, and, long story short, inhibits are inhibitions,
1:46.9	which is why we end up with a lampshade on our head and embarrassing evidence on Instagram. Now the good mood part comes from an increase of dopamine and
1:55.8	serotonin, the neurotransmitters of the reward system and that's why drowning
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