Learn to detect workaholism

• May 7, 2024

About eight percent of Mexicans are workaholic , that is, they have an excessive dedication to work not only during the workday, but also in their free time, which in the long term can generate respiratory problems or serious dermatological.

According to information published by the excelsior.com.mx, in studies conducted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) it is pointed out that a red focus to detect a person workaholic , is to count the number of hours dedicated to it, so that someone who works more than 12 hours a day or 60 a week is probably a workaholic.

The behavior of a workaholic is explained in detail in the following video:

However, that person also spends time in his free time or when his workday has ended, so not only the number of hours he works is a red light, he pointed out. Rodrigo Peniche Lover, academic of the faculty of Psychology of the UNAM .

He explained that this pathology is considered just as harmful as addiction to the alcohol or another type of substance, because people begin to detach themselves from other important activities, including break and family coexistence.

The estimates of the UNAM academic point out that this problem is suffered by five million 600 thousand Mexicans, who have stopped separating the personal and family tasks of the paid occupationals.

Although they present fatigue These types of individuals are permanently connected to work through technology, they even leave vacations aside and, if they take them, they attend to labor issues from where they are.

Professor Peniche clarified that this addiction It is associated with the consumption of stimulants, ranging from aspirin, analgesics and coffee, to illegal substances, to support the days.

This condition, he added, is enhanced because it is common for many companies to demand and encourage these patterns; It is a global phenomenon but an economy like the Mexican one, where there is a surplus of labor, becomes more evident.

He explained that among the consequences that a workaholic they are related to serious vascular, endocrine, respiratory or dermatological problems; there are even documented cases of predisposition to Cancer .

They also present narcissistic features and begin to relate to other partners, not with the objective of sharing rewarding interpersonal experiences, but to see what immediate benefit they bring to them.

These people end up worn out and after two or five years they will carry out their work with discouragement because the exhaustion and the dissatisfaction they also stop being productive.

Who suffers from this addiction must learn to set limits, such as turning off the cell phone at a certain time or not always being connected to social networks. And you, are you addicted to work?

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