London, March 16: A new study reveals that one quarter of the British suffer from a new psychological condition called ‘Weekendvy,’ meaning they lie about their weekends.
The study carried out by Travelodge found that one in every four Britons suffer from the condition, based on which they lie about their weekend activities in order to impress others.
“Weekendvy means we are ‘economical with the truth’ when confronted by colleagues and friends at the start of the week – when asked, “How was your weekend?” said the survey.
The British people are under such a pressure that more than a quarter of the adults (27 percent) have to lie about what they got up to over the weekend in order to sound cool and impress others, the study reported.
The survey also said the psychological condition – ‘Weekendvy’ hits the British people hardest on Monday morning when they are back at workplace or when updating their Facebook page.
“The Travelodge weekend study has exposed a new psychological condition we Brits are suffering from: ‘Weekendvy’. It’s to do with needing to feel like an ‘Alpha’ male or female, with high status. As we don’t want to admit that most of our weekend time is spent trying to catch up with housework, paperwork and lost sleep. It’s the horrible feeling that everyone else is having a better time than us, going away, partying or having fun,” said top UK Psychologist, Corinne Sweet when commenting on the findings.
“ No-one likes to think of themselves as lonely, or boring, so we like to create a psychological ‘smoke-screen’ pretending, a bit like Bridget Jones, that we’re having a wonderful time, when we’re not,” he added.
——–Agencies