Is it type related? Why or why not?
Is it type related? Why or why not?
Rationality is my only guess.
But, for a certainty, back then,
We loved so many, yet hated so much,
We hurt others and were hurt ourselves...
Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
Whilst our laughter echoed,
Under cerulean skies...
i think it depends on the motivation. All types can become very involved in the work. I would say that sensing types will become workaholics if they want money, but i know sensors that live below their means. A lot of professors in research positions work many many long hours and their types vary. I've read that LSI's are very good at doing menial tasks even if they don't find them interesting. I don't mind doing uninteresting things like math equations for practice or cleaning the house.
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I know an SLE and an SEE who are both workaholics.
ILI (Indescribable Lovemaking Inc.)
5w4 so/sx
"IP temperament! Because today's concerns are tomorrow's indifferences!"
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Given the enormous amount of beautiful things life offers, it's a mistery to me why would one become a workaholic. Work, for sure, it's useful and necessary, but given that workahloism is defined as being for its sake, it's completely incomprehensible to me.
Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit
Same. I don't know if this is because the only jobs I've had thus far mean nothing to me in the grand scheme of things and because I've hated every one of them, but I could never understand people who let their work consume every aspect of their lives. I know many. Maybe if enjoyed my job, it'd be different. But even then, its just a job.
I ask this because I know plenty of "P" workaholics and plenty of "J" workaholics.
Being a workaholic makes it easier to be an alcoholic.
Both of which I've done a lot less of lately.
There was a time when I would work one or two 12 hour days of overtime just because I liked making the money and being able have fun with it and buy cool shit. I have loads of time off anyway due to my schedule so I find myself sitting around bored at home sometimes and think, hmm, I wish I could have worked today...lol
Hmm it probably is field rather than type related. Eg for Big time bankers (Wall Street, London) you needn't apply unless you are an extreme workaholic. And not all types would enjoy working in that kind of environment either, that is pretty much (ST,NT) LSE, SLE, LIE, LSI territory, with ILI and LII for the behind the scenes number crunching and theoretical stuff. But I doubt many NF types would go that route. I wouldn't be surprised to see an SF,NF workaholic in sports, culture, media, medicine or science however.
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I agree with this post, and I think this is probably the more accurate way to look at workaholism.
"Workaholism" can take many forms, be a result of different situations or expectations, and occur for a variety of different motivations. Each different facet of it would perhaps be more associated with certain types than others, but seeming to be a "workaholic" shouldn't automatically conjure LSE or other EJ images.
Enneagram: 9w1 6w5 2w3 so/sx
If we're talking about the emotionally crippling actual disorder kind where like you lose sleep and can't form healthy relationships then the most glaring examples I've seen are Rational STs. Fear of intimacy has tended to be the calling card of many LSIs that I've known and perfectionism which is based in such a fear seems on point with that type as well. Enneagram 1s in particular. It's a bit sad to see how blind they are to this yet they're so steeped in their own rationalizations that it makes them seem emotionally stupid. Instead of actually addressing past emotional turmoil they just ignore it somehow some way. So much denial. I worked with a LSI woman who was a trucker who suffered from it and was pretty sad to see how deeply whatever traumas were in her. Her eyes revealed all though.
I'd say workaholism tends towards EJ temperament and/or decisive quadras.
The most workaholic seem to be: LIE, EIE, LSE, SLE, SEE, LSI.
LII-Ne with strong EII tendencies, 6w7-9w1-3w4 so/sp/sx, INxP
Theoretically it would be an LSE e1