Why Are Sundays So Melancholy?

Sundays mean a lot to people. It is a day that many people fear because of the emotions it brings. For others, the last day of the week is the day when the batteries can be recharged and be present for a moment.

Many people feel anxiety on Sundays. Sundays are full of nostalgia and truth. Somehow Sunday hits us in the face with a dose of reality. “Here I am, here is your freedom, here is you, here is your life.” It’s the end of the cycle, the end of the week.

It shows us everything we didn’t want to think. Like opening the box we tried so hard to close through the week. But almost like magic, that box opens on Sundays. It lets out everything we didn’t want to feel before.

On the other hand, Sundays are a bit paradoxical, because often our fatigue is also at its highest at that time. We wonder how we can start a new week in a situation like this. But on the other hand, we are tired on Sundays because we have different schedules on the weekends. The changes make our bodies worse off. Sometimes the reason may be too much rest, sometimes the stress throughout the week has simply felt too great.

Sundays make us think about life. This is your life, this is you. It’s as if you’re being stripped naked and left defenseless in the face of an uncertain future. On Monday, we will wear work clothes both literally and imaginatively. We isolate ourselves from Sunday’s blues as we begin to work.

In a hurry, we find peace, purpose, direction, and stability. We mean something that has a purpose. We have a place in the world. Our sand helps build our society. A society full of people. People who are afraid of the moment when the reality of life will begin to be revealed. People who are horrified by paradoxical freedom.

Erich Fromm emphasizes this in his work Fear of Freedom (1941). He emphasizes the curious paradox between the desire for freedom and its fear and the responsibility it entails. If I am free, I am fully responsible for my existence and choices. That bottomless chasm that I have to fabricate for myself causes intense anxiety, restlessness, and insecurity.

Sometimes we do our best to avoid Sunday blues

We feel the emptiness that is filled with melancholy. It is melancholy that appears on the last day of the week, also called Sunday. Sundays are a kind of limbo between what we are as a society (professional role) and what we are within. It puts fundamental loneliness right in front of us. Loneliness that we don’t want to see.

Sometimes we push our loneliness away by looking for whatever follows. Anything, as long as we don’t have to be alone. For when we are alone, we feel the blues coming. We do everything possible to avoid our feelings. We may sleep all day or spend time with people whose company brings us nothing. Or we’re just simply trying to stay in motion.

Many people who are addicted to work cannot think of days without work. A day without work would mean that they would have to face the truth about who they are and how they run themselves away. Furious action fills us with life because we are busy and feel useful. But it also takes us away from who we really are. It distances us from our loneliness and unrest.

Work isolates us from what we are within

Work helps us avoid the melancholy and anxiety that Sunday brings. However, everything we try hard to cover will eventually come out when we least expect it. That’s why it’s important to have an honest look at what’s going on inside of us. Otherwise, we will not be able to do our best on something we do not want to see.

It makes sense to feel this way on Sundays. Returning from the journey, the day before the start of the weekly routines… This inner storm has its meaning and feelings. It’s a feeling that isn’t always so obvious. It is important to live as useful beings who seek and believe in meaning.

At the same time, it is important to take care of our nature as human beings. In this way we can understand the natural reactions that occur suddenly and / or repeatedly. Listening, embracing, and accepting anxiety and melancholy make all of this more rewarding and certainly more rewarding.