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Many people wonder how they became controlling, driven, and perfectionistic. Or, to use the clinical […]
People pleasing and obsessive-compulsive personality occur together far more than many might think. Some people put all their determination and perfectionism into making other people happy with the assumption that it will come back to them in love, support or affirmation. It often does not happen that way.
Rather than just write off compulsive behavior as neurotic, as contemporary culture encourages us to, we need to look beneath the surface to see what those urges are really calling for. Then we can understand the deeper intent and how these urges could contribute to our wholeness. Otherwise, if we just dismiss compulsive behavior as pathological, we miss the potential purpose and meaning underlying it.
Burnout: What Happens When You Ignore Messages From Your Unconscious
People with obsessive-compulsive personality and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) are driven to be as productive […]
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