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In Germany we call that a fachidiot. A job idiot or profession idiot.
Germany honestly has the best words for everything. I love how you guys literally have a word for everything, including things we have to use a whole sentence for in English. ๐
Do you know kummerspeck? It's kinda like worrybacon, the pounds you put on after a bad period.
I did not know of kummerspeck, but it's an awesome word! Brushing up on my German is definitely on my to-do list. Learned it at school many years ago, and I'm pretty rusty now, but I've always loved it.
Weltschmerz - world pain It's when you feel this deep nonspecific pain for the world.