The Connection Between Perfectionism and Shame

A lot of people get their self esteem from identifying with their ego, right? So i have high self esteem if i think i'm attractive, or if other people like me. When we're basing our self esteem on our ego, this judgment of worth, that any time we fail or make a mistake or get rejected, then because we're identified with our ego,. Again, it feels like a death when this happens. It feels very, very serious. We try to suppress the pain by artificially propping up our self esteem. There's nothing wrong with self esteem. Self esteem is just a judgment or a valuation of self worth. And when you care about yourself, youre c