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#50: Navigating Perfectionism in Anxious-Avoidant Relationships

On Attachment

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Anxiety and Micro-Managment

Anxious people tend to micro-manage how they're perceived by others. They worry that if they don't behave in a certain way, they'll lose their loved ones or be seen as not good enough. An anxious person's fear of abandonment is at the heart of so much of anxiously attached people's wounding and associated protective strategies.

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