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Re:Workaholism leads to health problems, work addiction risk... by jdsalaro on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @04:12PM (#25768027)
> Rather than having nothing positive, I think it's having negatives that they can't otherwise control.

Not OP, but this critique revolves mostly around semantics and I don't find it useful or accurate. If, big if, they had something positive to look up to outside of work, they'd be less inclined to put all their energy into work. That'd be the case even with multiple negatives they couldn't control. In other words, it's the total lack of any and all upside outside of work rather than the existence of downsides that makes people feel powerless and depressed.

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Re:Workaholism leads to health problems, work addiction risk... by jolmg on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @04:26PM (#25768180)
I make the distinction from a period of my own life. I also avoided going home despite having many positives because particular uncontrollable negatives held me back. I had many reasons to want to go back, but damn if I had to face the negatives.
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