Bad coping mechanisms stem from false beliefs about their utility. Recall the time when you believed your girlfriend was cheating on you, so you decided to confront and hurl accusations at her, ...
I still remember one of my first big speaking engagements. I spent weeks preparing, rehearsing every word and perfecting my slides. I wanted to be flawless. But when I stepped onstage, something ...
Perfectionism is a personality trait, defined as "the setting of exceptionally high performance standards and the engagement in intense self-criticism (Bockhorst et al., 2025, p. 2). There are ...