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283. Wellness Perfectionism

UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

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The Sneaky Perfectionist

"I had a really intense, like mental, emotional, nervous system response to the city. I felt like I was constantly feeling basically in danger," she says. "Wellness perfectionism is when we try to use some kind of wellness or healing modality to get out of having the human experience." For instance, with thought work, that might look like always trying to change your thoughts so that you never have any negative emotions.

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