How do I know if you’re a workaholic?

Berlin Do you sometimes get a bad conscience when you’re free? Do you define yourself by what you do at work? Perhaps you grew up in a household that taught the core belief that the harder you work, the more valuable you are as a person?

Anyone who can answer “yes” to more than one of these questions is more at risk than others of slipping into a workaholic – or colloquially: becoming a “workaholic”. “It’s not easy to tell if someone is workaholic or just very ambitious,” explains Kimberly Breuer. She is the founder of the psychology start-up Likeminded, which offers, among other things, psychological support for managers and employees.