I had a boyfriend once who called me “Miss P”. The boyfriend was just one of a series of Mr. Wrongs. But he was right about me. You see, the P stood for perfect, and I did all I could to present myself that way. I am a recovering perfectionist.
Perfectionism freezes people and their [...]
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