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I Hate The Way This World Has Become

World Health Organization has officially recognized burnout as a medical condition

https://www.dailywire.com/news/47743/world-health-organization-now-recognizes-burnout-ashe-schow?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mattwalsh

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novembermoon · 51-55

It is widespread here in Asia, so much so that the Japanese have a term for it - Karōshi (過労死), which can be translated literally as "overwork death"-occupational sudden mortality. People work 12-hour days and drop dead at their workplaces. It is very deep-rooted but not openly talked about partly due to the Asian emphasis on being a 'good and useful person'. The work ethic is crazy. I mean - I take pride in the value of hard work but excessive work that kills our hours to be human is simply crazy.

Cierzo · M

@novembermoon I don't think considering it a medical condition helps, though. According to WHO, burnout is something that just 'happens', like a flu, but it happens because there are some dominant ethics and interests that resist the necessary change.

SW-User

People still take anything the World Health Organization determines seriously? 🤔

Cierzo · M

@SW-User This piece of news gives me mixed feelings:
1- Everything is a medical condition nowadays.
2- Work has become a totally dehumanized activity

I think they are not contradictory.

SW-User

@Cierzo Therein lies the problem. If everything is a medical condition then nothing is a medical condition.

Concerning the 2nd point, as an example, there have been recent reports about how poor the working conditions are for game developers working for AAA companies and publishers. It's borderline illegal what they have to go through just to make ends meet. You have publishers and companies reporting record profits to their investors on one hand then axing hundreds of employees and finally forcing those that remain to work harder to make up for the reduced workforce. It's crazy. They are a mere statistic, not actual people, to these companies.

KaiserSolze · 46-50, F

I have burnout. Its a computer game no? 😂

SW-User

@KaiserSolze ROFL xD

Elandra77

@KaiserSolze No that is a mental illness(disorder) and has just been defined as such. So it maybe a "medical condition" The video game declaration is about a month old. What he speaks of is rather new. The WHO has too much f-ing time on their hands and needs to stop inventing shit that does not exist.

https://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/

5thApprentice · 31-35, M

damn.

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