Everyday I drag myself to work. Work has become so unbearable that I have started to display several symptons. When I was waiting for the bus, I thought to myself,
" Should I go to work? I had stomache this morning. I went to the toilet twice, its watery and not like the normal. Maybe I should see a doctor. Maybe...."
The bus came and I board.
At the MRT station, I thought to myself again,
"My stomach is feeling wussy. I should go see a doctor you know. What if I board the train and I feel like going to the toilet, what if....."
The train came and I board.
In the train, I thought to myself,
"Its now Queenstown, still some way to reach Raffles Place and my stomach is still feeling wussy. Maybe I should turn back and go see a doctor. Maybe I should get down now. Maybe I should get down at the next stop or...."
The train continues to move and I am still in it. As I alighted at Raffles Place and walk out, I thought to myself,
"Hey man, you are at Raffles Place and its still not too late to turn back and see a doctor, Boon Lay is not really that far. Anyway I can take a cab back home. But isn't that a waste of money. Its not a waste of money because you are really not feeling well and...."
Before I know it, I have reached office, I walk in and put down my bag at my cubicle, then I walk out and went to the toilet cubicle to relieve my stomach.
As you can see Ladies and Gentlemen , the above symptons are reflections of Work Withdrawal Syndrome (WWS). The sufferer experiences anxiety about going to work, indecisiveness on whether to go to work or not and have strange thoughts about seeing himself not going to work. For more serious cases, they dream about work. (its happening to me and I dreamt about my Head of Marketing and Head of Credit Cards)
Other symptoms includes poor appetite during lunch (notice I don't talk about breakfast or dinner), restlessness, lethargy, impatientness, you feel that discussions are a waste of time (you can use your time for more important things), you want to avoid some people, you don't feel like talking, you feel like popping a champagne bottle when someone is on MC etc....
Right now I am having a bad cough. I absolutely, definitely, confirm, guarantee, must go and see a doctor tomorrrow!
On second thoughts, maybe not.........
