Leisure Sickness


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A condition defined as ill health that occurs during non-work hours—e.g., on weekends, holidays and vacations—which affects people who are unable to transition from the work to the non-work environment, who have a high need for achievement and a deep sense of responsibility
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3% of people have such a hard time leaving work that they develop flulike "leisure sickness" symptoms during weekends and holidays.
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A survey of more than 1,800 people shows around three in 100 people suffer from leisure sickness.
Dear MIRIAM: I'M SICK IF I STOP
The Quality of Working Life Survey found 180,000 Scots have fallen prey to the medical syndrome "leisure sickness".
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