![]() ![]() ![]() We have parts or protectors that take over and they eclipse us. Well, one of the ways is paying attention to what's going on inside. On how to change how you think about work They don't want workaholics working for them because they feel like they're really not as productive - they're so busy manufacturing work that they don't get done what needs to get done. I'm kind of amazed at some of the employers that I work with, actually. One is the internal signs and those can be physical, physiological, stress related symptoms, such as gastrointestinal issues, anxiety, headaches. We talk about overworking or workaholism but we don't talk about people who are dying from it - and they actually do. We don't even have a word for it in our culture. Forty-year-olds keel over at their desks. The Japanese have a term for it: karoshi, or "death from overwork." Working from seven in the morning to 11 at night. This is about compulsive overworking and the inability to turn it off to the point that people's lives go down the tubes. Why would someone want to work? Well, because there's a deeper reason for it. And I know saying that sounds counterintuitive. It's their compulsiveness, and they will often seek work out if it's not strenuous enough. Now, there are different levels of work addiction: People who are work addicts or even workaholics tend to bring that with them to the workplace. On what work addiction looks like in 2023 In 2019, the World Health Organization took a step in that direction when it included burnout as an "occupational phenomenon" in its International Classification of Diseases handbook. ![]() In the introduction, Robinson writes, "Many clinicians and business leaders - vast numbers of whom are workaholics themselves - still do not recognize workaholism, job burnout, or eighteen-hour pressure cooker days as a mental health problem." He reflects on this experience in the book, while sharing the stories of other work-obsessed people. His work compulsion - even while on vacation - led to frayed relations with his spouse. He's been writing about work-life balance for more than 20 years, and has updated his guidance in an aptly-titled book, Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World.Īs a college professor, Robinson found his anxiety would rise in his idle moments. Robinson, a psychotherapist in Asheville, N.C. This is not news to anyone who has grown up with work-obsessed parents or who loves their job so much that it has become part of who they are. When work is all consuming, it can exact a high price. Bryan Robinson, author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World. ![]()
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