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.

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 ...

And in addition to being highly linked with depression, perfectionism is also connected with eating disorders, anxiety, and schizophrenia. Perfectionism can also leave you feeling demotivated ...

Psychologists believe perfectionism is related to multiple mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, but relatively little research has ...

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.