Useful advice for workaholics

Often, in choosing the work of our lives, we are guided only by good intentions. When we begin to master a particular profession, we think more about what benefits we can bring with its help to ourselves and society than about what negative consequences can be due to constant work in the chosen field of activity.

Being an expert in a certain field is worth a lot. This is the honor and respect of others, it is self-confidence and awareness of your importance in the world, the understanding that you are exactly in your place and fulfill a mission that gives your life meaning. Sometimes it is also an excellent level of income, which gives you the opportunity to enjoy various material benefits.





However, not everything is as rosy as it may seem at first glance. We must not forget the existence of the reverse side of the coin. Some professions have a very negative impact on the person who decided to devote himself to it.

Editorial "Site" composed listWhich you should sometimes fence off so as not to burn emotionally, and we will tell you how to do it.

Features of the profession

1. Military. As practice shows, military personnel become too accustomed to their professional role, and when it comes to ordinary civilian life, not only they, but all loved ones become hostages of their image. The thing is that the military, while doing his job, must be objective and tough under all circumstances. Over time, it becomes almost impossible for those who work in this field to show the kindness and gentleness characteristic of others.
   
   
   
   Experts recommend learning to fence off from your work status. Just because you have to be a boss and discipline at work doesn’t mean you have to do that at home. Believe me, your family will thank you very much if you loosen your commanding grip a little, show tenderness to your wife and let the kids play a little tricky.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Doctor. The profession of a physician, and not only a doctor, but also nurses and orderlies, is directly related to suffering. Every day, medical staff are faced with pain, death, fear and tears. Trained to always be willing to help others, doctors wean themselves from asking for help in return. Meanwhile, the habit of keeping all emotions to themselves very negatively affects their psychological health.
   
   
   
   Advice for doctors - start sharing authority. You do not have to be alone under the burden of responsibility. Learn to accept help and ask for it when you need it. Confess to yourself that you are not all-powerful, and it will immediately become easier, you will see.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Psychologist. To be a successful psychologist, you need to have a certain set of personal qualities, among which there is high empathy. A person who undertakes to work with internal problems should understand and feel his client well. And the constant analysis of other people’s problems, empathy and emotional stress are necessarily accompanied by stress.
   
   
   
   Psychologists themselves know that it is necessary to disconnect from work and how to switch their consciousness to something else, but often neglect their own advice. Stop working from home, delineate work and personal space if you haven’t already done so.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Teacher. The work of the teacher involves great responsibility. The main feature of a good teacher is the ability to manage the attention of the audience and direct the thoughts of students in the right direction. Whatever it is, and teachers are the main, after parents, helpers of children. Sometimes the teacher is even more worried about the child than the parents. Accustomed to monologues and explaining rules, teachers use their skills in their personal lives, which often leads to negative results for themselves.
   
   
   
   Stop giving advice to all relatives and help every passer-by, give yourself some time to rest. Find a hobby that will help you develop and take a break from constantly solving other people’s problems and searching for answers to other people’s questions. Forget about being a teacher for a while and remember that you are a person first.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Journalist. Journalists are people who tirelessly gather information to share with the rest of the world. No matter how criticized the media, many people understand that without journalists, we would have had no idea even about the simplest things for a long time. Most often, the work of a journalist is aimed at the benefit of society and is associated with various unpleasant aspects, which some do not even know.
   
   
   
   A journalist is constantly in the thick of events, this is the type of people who does not know how to disconnect from work for an objective reason: the work of a journalist is his life. Such activity requires contact with unpleasant persons, seeing terrible things and remembering everything, even the most disgusting and unpleasant phenomena.
   
   This profession has almost the most detrimental effect on the psyche, since all the previous ones describe things about which a person is warned in advance, a journalist never knows for sure what will happen to him today.
   
   If you’re one of those who breaks into the middle of the night to make an urgent report,3 or one of those who writes an article about the latest event all day long, try to slow down a little. Learn to manage your time, give a colleague an interesting topic and devote your free hours to your loved ones. Say no to unnecessary people, activities and activities. Stop living between the lines and start living for real.
   
   
   
   
   
   

That’s why you should thank the doctor for your work, respect journalists, leave psychologists alone with teachers, and be more tolerant of the military. Basically, these professions with harmful conditions They have a very meaningful context -- they're all about making the world a better place. But a healthy share of selfishness and the understanding of what will be best for you should still be present in everyone.





If your profession takes away all your vitality and does not give you the opportunity to develop as a person, does this not mean that you need to quit your job and try to find your purpose in something else? Share your opinion on this in the comments.