Six out of ten of us experience the Sunday Scaries — here's what we can do about it

Rather than fret about what lies ahead, it’s best to find strategies to distract yourself,  say experts

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Sharon Gunter is a 54-year-old business analyst living in Dublin. She likes her work but has noticed that “a low-grade dread starts edging into her consciousness every Sunday afternoon”.

“It’s the opposite of the Friday feeling when the weekend is opening up,” she says. “It’s the sense of it closing down."