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perfectionism

is a kind of:

Unrealistically high expectations about one's performance on any task. Failure is catastrophic and unbearable. Anything less than 100% perfection is considered a failure. Consequently, perfectionists are paralyzed and sometimes unable to begin a task until the last minute, or are sometimes unable to complete a task.

Definition by Carol Hevia, Psy.D., reproduced with permission from International OCD Foundation.

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