http://www.businessthreadsonly.com/business/personal-finance/feeling-hopeless-in-times-of-recession/ How to deal with | How to deal with people Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:02:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.businessthreadsonly.com/business/personal-finance/feeling-hopeless-in-times-of-recession//comment-page-1#comment-59 Thanh D. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:38:47 +0000 http://www.businessthreadsonly.com/?p=579#comment-59 Most people in the USA are work-addicted; this a form of mental illness. Many live to work, not work to live. Hence, the feelings of saddness or depression when they cannot get the constant validation from a "boss" or other stranger making them feel worthy--all has to do with an inherent low self esteem, inferiority complex, inadequacy issues, etc... Work-addiction (workaholism) is the only addiction that is socially acceptable in USA. People like to brag about "hard" work, or working on Sat or even Sun, or not taking a vacation time. It is NO different than a crack addict bragging about how much crack they did on Sat. But many are sheeple and won't confront work-addiction. Perhaps, because most americans and baby boomers especially derive their identities from work, with its' pitiful vacation allotment, or inability to develop hobbies, or interests outside of an office/cubicle, three ring binder fest, etc... Perhaps, we could learn from France, and other European countries and Pacific Island countries about live balance, and the frivolity called work because in the end---no one cares about your work, your job, etc....be happy to be without "work" as most of it is a form of controlled dying. Most people in the USA are work-addicted; this a form of mental illness. Many live to work, not work to live. Hence, the feelings of saddness or depression when they cannot get the constant validation from a “boss” or other stranger making them feel worthy–all has to do with an inherent low self esteem, inferiority complex, inadequacy issues, etc… Work-addiction (workaholism) is the only addiction that is socially acceptable in USA. People like to brag about “hard” work, or working on Sat or even Sun, or not taking a vacation time. It is NO different than a crack addict bragging about how much crack they did on Sat. But many are sheeple and won’t confront work-addiction. Perhaps, because most americans and baby boomers especially derive their identities from work, with its’ pitiful vacation allotment, or inability to develop hobbies, or interests outside of an office/cubicle, three ring binder fest, etc… Perhaps, we could learn from France, and other European countries and Pacific Island countries about live balance, and the frivolity called work because in the end—no one cares about your work, your job, etc….be happy to be without “work” as most of it is a form of controlled dying.

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