I may have figured out my main addiction - workaholism - caught it or taught it by my Dad - have to be busy doing something or feeling guilty or even shame. Even going the opposite way - going cruising under sail led to a lot of easy going times, but even then I would feel guilty when doing nothing. Like a dry alcoholic - still with the same symptoms as a drinker.
A
workaholic is a person who is
addicted to work. The term generally implies that the person enjoys their work;
[citation needed] it can also imply that they simply feel compelled to do it. There is no generally accepted medical definition of such a condition, although some forms of
stress,
impulse control disorder,
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and
obsessive-compulsive disorder can be work-related.
Workaholism is not the same as working hard.
[1]
Etymology
The word itself is a
portmanteau word composed of
work and
alcoholic. According to
William Safire, the term was coined by
Wayne Oates in 1968.
[2][3][4]The term gained widespread use in the 1990s, as the result of a wave of the
self-help movement that centered on
addiction, forming an analogy between harmful social behaviors such as over-work and
drug addiction, including addiction to
alcohol[citation
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