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@hopeful33250

Hello @aliali,

I appreciate your very honest, open post about perfectionism and the pain that it has caused you. I am not sure of your age or your situation in life, but if you live near or with your family I can see how this would make their problems with perfectionism even more difficult. Do you have other friendships that you can cultivate, outside of your family? Can you join a support group for people like yourself?

Here is an article from a magazine, Psychology Today, that deals with the problems that come out when perfectionism takes over our lives,
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/perfectionism

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@hopeful33250
I am 22 years, being the youngest in the family. I live with my family. Regarding joining support group, it lacks privacy. This is why I am using this chat to write openly; you do not know who I am which is a high level of privacy. I will try to talk to a close friend about the matter. I am still looking forward to reading your ideas