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Are you often overwhelmed or paralyzed by a constant fear of failure? Fear can mask itself as perfectionism, anger, or obsession. Fear deprives us of opportunity and paralyzes our personal and ...

Do you have high standards? Do you expect a lot from yourself, day-in and day-out? Do you love it when life is organized and orderly? Do you try to do your best at everything you do? There is a word ...

New research indicates that the phenomenon known as imposter syndrome is strongly linked to rigid and self-critical forms of perfectionism but shares no connection with narcissistic perfectionism.