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Re:What happens when your career becomes your whole identity by Lynolix on Sunday December 29, 2019 @11:44AM (#21906820)
It's better than your whole identity and existence constituting clinical depression, video games and no career—let alone work history.
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Re:What happens when your career becomes your whole identity by octokatt on Sunday December 29, 2019 @12:53PM (#21907280)
Different outcome, but similar cause. The high-pressure system of achievement is a cause for both high-profile burnout and hikikomori [0] [1].

[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/young-people-j... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori

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