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Perfectionism Is a Way to Avoid Feeling

Perfectionism Is a Way to Avoid Feeling
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Leon Garber Lmhc

Understanding and Addressing the Depression Spiral

Understanding and Addressing the Depression Spiral
25.01.2025 20

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Psychotherapy Isn't Nonsense

Psychotherapy Isn't Nonsense
21.01.2025 10

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Are You Terrified of Being Disliked?

Are You Terrified of Being Disliked?
15.01.2025 30

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Are You Terrified of Feeling Embarrassed?

Are You Terrified of Feeling Embarrassed?
13.01.2025 30

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The Greediness of OCD

The Greediness of OCD

How acquiring more information backfires in OCD

08.01.2025 10

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The Workaholic's Quest for Perfection

How work is used to sustain self-esteem.

06.01.2025 30

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Why You Should Stop Always Playing the Hero

Exploring the "hero" and "distressed" dynamic in codependent relationships.

29.12.2024 5

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Stuck in the Question of "Why Did This Happen to Me?"

The harmful effects of a tendency to personalize.

22.12.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

The Gifted Perfectionist

How the preoccupation with being special hinders our lives.

17.12.2024 7

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Leon Garber Lmhc

How Social Anxiety Can Contribute to a False Self-Image

Social anxiety disorder entails the belief that others can't think well of you.

15.12.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Owning Mistakes as a Perfectionist

How negative thinking hinders our relationships.

11.12.2024 5

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Therapy Should Do More Than Help You Feel Good

Treatment should be a mixture of change and acceptance.

04.12.2024 8

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What Is Good Therapy?

Why therapy should challenge while helping you develop a deeper understanding.

02.12.2024 3

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Why We Should Learn to Forgive Ourselves

Shame and forgiveness help make us better.

27.11.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

The Sometimes Scary Uncertainty of Limerence

How limerence interacts with psychological disorders.

13.11.2024 5

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Should I Cut People Off or Tolerate Them?

Competing interests fuel anxiety in perfectionists.

12.11.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Truth Is the Remedy for a Constant Need to Be Reassured

Why no amount of reassurance seems to be enough to eliminate anxiety.

09.11.2024 2

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Learning How to Live with Uncertainty

Constantly avoiding the feeling of anxiousness makes us unhappy.

06.11.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

How Perfectionism Is Associated with Cyclothymic Disorder

Cyclothymia often goes unnoticed because it's less severe than bipolar disorder

26.10.2024 4

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How Perfectionism Contributes to Social Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety is fueled by the need to be perfect.

22.10.2024 4

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Is Passion Overrated?

How lacking passion contributes to depression in perfectionists.

17.10.2024 5

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Depression and Anxiety in Gifted Children

Answering parents' common questions about depression in gifted children.

13.10.2024 3

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Help! I Can't Make a Decision

Extremely high standards can make decision-making impossible.

09.10.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Limerence and Maladaptive Daydreaming

Why you can't accept your personal flaws.

02.10.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Captured by Limerence

Why limerence isn't really love.

29.09.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Is Narcissism Really Just a Prison?

We may misunderstand the degree of choice involved in narcissism.

25.09.2024 5

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Sometimes, You Just Need a Nap

Shame about how we cope can deter the use of strategies that actually help.

19.09.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Don't Be a "Good Mother"

Why less means more in parenthood.

27.08.2024 4

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Leon Garber Lmhc

The 'Shoulds' of Tyranny

Why being good is often less than it seems.

22.08.2024 5

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Leon Garber Lmhc

The Shame of Perfectionism

Fixing your problems may not actually solve them.

13.08.2024 4

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Change Isn't Always Good for You

Why some people prefer authenticity to change.

30.07.2024 4

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Do We Really Need to Believe in Free Will?

How believing in free will may actually hinder therapy's progress.

27.07.2024 6

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The Dark Side of Being Obsessed With Being a Good Person

Why maturity requires us to accept our flaws.

24.07.2024 1

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Leon Garber Lmhc