You know that feeling of anxiety and dissatisfaction arising from having unread emails that await us in the Inbox box? Or the frustration you feel when someone misunderstands what we wrote? Well, it is a more common problem than what you might think.
The issue was recently addressed in key scientific Jocelyn K. Glei, an American journalist and writer
who deals with the world of work, creativity and career. In his latest book Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done, the author analyzes the reasons behind anxiety by email.
WE LIKE RATS. One of 1930 dated psychology study shows like laboratory rats are much more motivated by the chance to receive rewards (push a lever and, at times, get some food) rather than certain awards at a fixed date (push the lever 100 times to get the food ).
In some ways the e-mail uses a similar mechanism. When we open our inbox we do not know what we will find inside: often these hassles or problems at work, but once in a while it happens also something beautiful, our reward. And this triggers a dependency mechanism by which it can be hard to shake.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. As we feel good when we've completed a task or finish a job? It all depends on our brain, that the achievement of a goal, for example to respond to every email, releases dopamine.
But completely empty the mail box is virtually impossible, because the messages came to him constantly. As dispose emails in stock we feel close to the target and the consequent feeling of happiness linked to the release of dopamine. But a new message is already waiting to move our target a little 'later.
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