Most people who struggle with perfectionism don’t think of themselves as anxious, they think of themselves as driven. But perfectionism isn’t about high standards, it’s about the fear that anything short of the unreachable is proof that you’re not enough. That’s a phobia, and it has a treatment plan.

In this episode, Roxy and Stephanie dig into the anxiety types that don’t always announce themselves: perfectionism, social anxiety, health anxiety, existential anxiety, and performance anxiety. Each one has its own shape, its own traps, and its own version of the same core problem. The approach-versus-avoidance framework from last week applies here too, but some of these will push you toward a therapist’s office faster than others. Especially the existential one. Go now, they say. Seriously.

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