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Patient has not started the novel they've wanted to write for seven years because 'it will not be good enough yet.' Has not applied for the promotion because 'the timing is not right.' Has not started the business because 'the logo is not finalized.' Has finalized the logo 14 times. Each finalization is, apparently, not final.
Chronic. The logo is, apparently, the book.
None. Starting imperfectly is, in their view, worse than not starting.
Patients with Pathological Perfectionism Avoidance typically present with some or all of the following:
Patients diagnosed with Pathological Perfectionism Avoidance present with a cluster of recognizable behaviors we have, on reflection, decided to name. The condition is fictional. The behaviors, unfortunately, are not. Someone in your life is showing at least two of them right now.
The Institute's taxonomic entry lists it as Fuga obrum perfectionis, a binomial coined in-house and used nowhere in the peer-reviewed literature.
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