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Depression & Perfectionism

Gateway Foundation

Perfectionism personality traits aren’t considered a disorder but rather a vulnerability factor that increases a person’s chance of developing depression and other psychological problems like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, and even addiction.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

One sibling with bipolar disorder and a parent with psychotic depression, neither one chronic. Like Thompson, they filled the day with activities that provided structure and predictability, the two things I needed as much as medication and psychotherapy. Schizo-affective disorder? Was I taking any medications? he asked me.