Lisa the Rue

@clarissawam@mefi.social thanks for checking in I'm being funny about the definition of addiction! I invest a lot in my work but I'm extremely lucky in my work. I agree it's a societal problem, work demands so much that people whose job is not their calling (and it shouldn't have to be!) would answer the same, not due to addiction, but because Western society structures jobs as nearly "total institutions". I wasn't clever enough to tie it into a societal problem so I'm glad you did so.

@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social Good info. According to the DSM, I am dangerously addicted to WORK. 9/9 yes. Do you think about WORK when not doing WORK? YES Do you feel bad (sad, anxious) when unable to do WORK? YES Do you find yourself spending more time/money on WORK? YES Do you notice you’ve kept doing WORK even when you meant to stop or cut back? YES Have you given up other hobbies/activities to do WORK? YES

"male perpetrators reliably describe [their abuses as] a fetish. This was Dominique Pelicot’s self-diagnosis, and it is, tellingly, Christian Ulmen’s too. Both of these men even reached for the language of addiction." --Kate Manne ... Why treating obsession as an addiction is sometimes an evasion of responsibility

Have you continued to do WORK despite it causing obvious problems (i.e., health, work, family commitments)? YES Have you deceived others about the time you’ve spent doing WORK? YES Do you find yourself doing WORK to relieve negative moods or stress? YES Have you experienced the loss of a job/school/relationship because of WORK? YES