What is Ergophobia?

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asked Dec 10, 2020 in Mental Health by KehuiXiao (620 points)
What is Ergophobia?

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answered Dec 10, 2020 by Larry S (42,350 points)
Ergophobia is a fear of going to work and doing work.

The phobia Ergophobia is a phobia that is characterized by an irrational and excessive fear of work.

The people who have Ergophobia have high levels of anxiety when they have to go to work and the persons fear is such that they have to leave early.

In more severe cases of Ergophobia the phobia prevents the person from going to their workplace at all.

Ergophobia which is also known as ergasiophobia or ponophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of work (manual labor, non-manual labor, etc.) or fear of finding employment. It may be a form of social phobia or performance anxiety

This is a real condition although it won't qualify you all the time for disability payments.

However if a doctor can prove that this fear and phobia of Ergophobia does indeed really prevent you from working then you may qualify for disability payments.

But there's also the option of working from home when you have phobias.

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