Hiding Depression: Using Perfectionism to Hide Our Struggles
Oct 10, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 161
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Episode description
Do you consider yourself a perfectionist? Do you highly value strength, resiliency, always counting your blessings and keeping a smile on your face? But perhaps, on the inside, you feel lonelier each day. Maybe you have trouble with intimacy and vulnerability and sometimes feel like nobody knows the "real" you. In today’s episode, psychologist Dr. Margaret Rutherford explains the epidemic of “perfectly hidden depression.”
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