Job and Health: Am I a workaholic? - Warning signs of work addiction
Carry on working when everyone else has long since gone home. Plagued by a bad conscience when you take time off. How a work addiction manifests - and what helps then.
A study by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education (BIBB) and the Technical University of Braunschweig found that around 10% of employees in Germany work addictively. This involves working excessively and compulsively, with a persistent need to work, inability to relax in free time, and feelings of guilt when taking time off.
According to experts, work addiction can be triggered by individual factors such as performance-based self-esteem and perfectionism, as well as workplace conditions that reward long working hours and availability. Warning signs include prioritizing work over rest, health, and relationships, and experiencing anxiety or physical symptoms when unable to work.
Those affected can seek help from counseling services, psychotherapy, or self-help groups, such as the "Anonymen Arbeitssüchtigen".
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
