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Why working on weekends can leave you with mental health issues
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” — remember that saying? It holds particularly true when office work overlaps all your days.
Trapped in a cubicle, a pair of eyes stuck behind a laptop, you can hear those rushing fingers typing at its finest speed. Maybe it is you, or maybe it is someone you know. This is a daily grind for most working individuals. Same, mundane hours and the same order of unfulfilling work aligned with zero interest can easily lead a person to feel controlled and uninspired.
Recent research has confirmed that women who work on weekends or have long working hours are more prone to depression.
It has been found that as compared to women, who work for a standard 35-40 hour per week, women working for more than 55 hours are linked to a higher risk of depression. In fact, it is as common among men. Moreover, it is also believed that people who tend to work on weekends are usually stuck in low-paying jobs and henceforth, are even more dissatisfied with their salary and work environment.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” — remember that saying? It holds particularly true in such cases when work overlaps you in every way, without giving you any space for any recreational activities.
Even in general cases, we often question the whys and hows of our career while planning for it. It then goes without saying that under pressured environments, feelings of dissatisfaction are bound to make any person low. Perhaps, that is why even the “dream job” can blow you out of proportion if you tend to overwork, skip on sleep and let work interfere with your inner peace and personal space.
Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities that once a person enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work and at home.
The symptoms can vary from mild to severe and can include feeling sad or having a depressed mood, changes in appetite, trouble sleeping, loss of energy, difficulty in concentration and thoughts of death or suicide.
Gnawing at the sight of the calendar because every other day feels like a Monday, no human level interaction in the workplace, feeling indecisive when you once used to be organised are some signs you should not ignore. Joy Division’s song lyrics, “When routine bites hard, and ambitions run low,” holds true to the situation. Only, in this case, it is not love but work, and work can tear us apart if a certain work-life balance approach is ignored for a long period of time.
