Workaholics or more than meets the eye?

This shall be a random post... ... someone or rather a few people just triggers me to write this post.

Okay..... take out both your hands..... and start to count how many of your friends are workaholic? Wait wait.... before we do that.... let me define what is workaholic.....

According to dictionary.com, workaholic is define as a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.

Okay.... so now starts counting..... 1....2....3.... anymore? I do have quite a handful of friends who seems to be still at work after their working hours. You may think..... well.... these people are HARDWORKING!!! But if you know them well, you may came to realise that...... that is not necessary so.

If you really look deep enough, these people are just escaping from certain areas in their lives. Working just keep them occupied, so that their minds wouldn't wander around, to think about things they don't wanna think.

Perhaps, work is an area that they can gain their self-esteem, victory and confidence that they lost in other areas of their life. Just like why guys like gaming alot.... cause it give them a sense of control in how they want the characters in the game to be.

Thus......

"Don't judge a book by its cover."

And if a friend starts to do OT (I mean overtime and not occupational therapy) frequently, maybe, you may want to start to show more concern by asking,

"Are you alright?"