These are the characteristics of a person addicted to work

Although work is one of the most important constitutive spheres of the human being, there is a fraction of workers who dedicate an excessive amount of time and energy to their work, carrying it out in a very intense and compulsive way, which has negative consequences both at work and in your life.

This configures a disorder that has received different names and is known as workaholism.

According to recent studies, the general characteristics of a person with workaholism are: a special work attitude, and a general lack of interest in any other activity (leisure, sports, family, friends, etc.) other than strictly work .

According to experts, a person can easily identify if they are an addicted worker by meeting some of the following factors:

• You work more than 45 hours each week, six or seven days a week.
• He works late into the night and rests a few hours a day.
• Work even when sick.
• He never turns down new projects, clients, or responsibilities at work.
• You need to be told that you are a “dedicated worker”, “the most efficient”, “the best employee”. He bases his self-esteem on it.
• The main topic of conversation is work.
• He does not go on vacation or enjoy weekends.

As a result of this addiction, a person can experience serious symptoms of decline that can evolve into a much more serious condition. Some common manifestations that a workaholic could experience are: extreme tiredness, poor nutrition, hypertension, vascular and cardiac disorders, heart attacks, strokes, sleep disorders, insomnia, high cholesterol levels, hair loss, among others.

In health services, one aspect that makes diagnosis difficult is that workaholism is not included in the diagnostic criteria manuals. However, this condition can be diagnosed and treated as an impulse control disorder just like other behavioral addictions.

As in any addiction, for the addict to change, he must accept that the behaviors and attitudes adopted up to that moment are not healthy or convenient, he must take a critical position in front of his actions and must try to generate changes.

Weather, GDA