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Work: the "blurring", this confusion which suffocates the executives

2021-08-04T18:16:54.027Z


DECRYPTION - With teleworking, this phenomenon is increasing: the border between personal and professional life is so thin that it causes stress and irritability.


"I always keep my phone on me, even at night or on vacation,"

says Guillaume (first name changed), a transport executive.

I very rarely disconnect, I see the number of emails rising and that scares me. ”

Guillaume suffers from "blurring": the border between his personal and professional life is blurred.

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Answering professional emails at 11 pm, calling a client during his vacation in Brittany, sorting out problems with the youngest's school in the middle of a meeting at the office…

“When professional life takes precedence over personal life, we cut our rest time, that causes a high level of stress, almost constantly ”

, explains Nol-wenn Anier, doctor in social psychology.

In the long term, the consequence is exhaustion

. ” She particularly deplores the normalization of hyper-connection:

"Having to work at home is implicit, but today we do it to be seen."

When we are stressed because of work, we are also at home.

It ends up exploding in the private sphere, with an increase in irritability, impatience ... tensions are created.

"

Bénédicte Pichard, liberal psychologist in Rennes.

However, this blurring of borders has existed for a long time.

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Source: lefigaro

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