Workaholism is compulsive indulgence into working to the extreme.

If a workaholic stops working, he loses to be at ease. He even starts feeling guilty and worthless. He has no other choice than to keep himself busy in working, i.e., resorting to workaholism till he decides to sleep.

Workaholism does not spare him in his bed as well. Even while sleeping, his mind is never at rest. Workaholism makes him continue working in his dreams.

On waking, the first thing that comes to the mind of a workaholic is that of working. He wants to prove (even to himself) that he is a worthy person; and in the process, resorts to workaholism losing all his efficiency and enjoyment which could have made him worthy in a real sense.

Ambition is an obvious reason for one to be a victim of workaholism.

Workaholism, somehow, links its origin to the low self-esteem too.

Also, the origin of workaholism can be traced into the dilemma of boredom.

A sense of social, financial, and emotional insecurity is another major causation factor for workaholism.

But most importantly, workaholism owes its compulsive generation to the phenomenon of social alienation that our society, currently, is a vicitim of.