Perfectionists tend to stubbornly hold onto their negative self-concepts, even when they're largely based on distortions.

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Perfectionists often struggle with taking responsibility for their difficulties with their romantic partners, believing the ...

Of course, we’re all shackled by perfectionism to some extent ... Lou had a history of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which manifested in excessive checking. When we started working together ...

Notably, BYU religious education professor Michael Goodman writes in a separate essay that while perfectionism shares traits with obsessive-compulsive disorder, they are not the same.

There's long been a link between perfectionism and anxiety. Perfectionism is often elevated in anxiety disorders. These include generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety, panic ...

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen, a clinical psychologist at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, author and a self-described perfectionist, finds doing less doesn’t come naturally.