GoKawiilResearchers link 'let-down effect' to post-crunch illness in high achievers
Psychologists Marc Schoen and Ad Vingerhoets have described patterns where stressed-out leaders fall ill shortly after a demanding period ends rather than during it, phenomena they call the 'let-down effect' and 'leisure sickness.' An entrepreneur and behavior-change coach recounts experiencing this personally after a family death and a divorce, and says she sees the same pattern repeatedly among business leaders after big launches or funding rounds.