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6 Signs You’re a Perfectionist

By Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD.  Elizabeth wrote the following article featured in Everyday Health: My name is Elizabeth, and I am a recovering perfectionist. From striving for As in school to making dramatic efforts to be thin, I always pushed myself to be better, relentlessly seeking perfection. My perfectionism helped me achieve some significant things — academic awards, degrees, honors — that furthered my career. Because perfectionism is often rewarded in our society, I thought that if I were perfect, if I achieved all my goals, I would be happy. But to the perfectionist, nothing is ever enough. The sought-for happiness never arrives because we’re so focused on what we haven’t accomplished, what we should have done. I constantly judged myself …