Workaholism: A Life out of Balance

Workaholism: A Life out of Balance: If you are working to the exclusion of your family, other relationships, and your life is out of balance, or your physical health takes a hit -- when work takes an exclusive priority to everything else, then there is a problem. Like other forms of addiction, workaholic can have significant health consequences, experts say, including significantly higher work-related stress and job burn-out rates, anger, depression, anxiety, and psychosomatic symptoms such as stomachaches and headaches.
The workaholic might have a set of beliefs about the value of work which are misguided, and if you can intervene cognitively -- not to correct or get rid of them, but just make them a little more rational – you might see a change in the behavior and consequent stress reaction.