Performance Anxiety in INTPs: When Intelligence Isn’t Enough
My hands trembled over the keyboard. The report was good, maybe excellent, but I couldn’t send it. Another hour passed…
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Perfectionism and Introversion
During my years managing creative teams at advertising agencies, I watched something play out repeatedly. My introverted team members would…
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11 Jobs Where Anxious Perfectionism Pays
If you’re an anxious perfectionist, you’ve probably been told your standards are too high. That your attention to detail is…
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13 Reasons Introverts Disappear on People They Actually Like
The pattern hit me like recognition: I’d meet someone, connect deeply, and then without warning, I’d withdraw. For thirty years…
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The INFP Dark Side Nobody Talks About (It’s Not Sensitivity)
Every personality type carries both light and shadow. After twenty years leading creative teams in advertising agencies, I watched countless…
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When INTJs Crash and Burn: The Perfectionism Trap
My spreadsheet had seventeen columns tracking project progress. Every deadline was color coded. Every potential obstacle anticipated and planned for….
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ENFJ Parent: Why High Expectations Damage Kids
ENFJ parents set impossibly high standards not from cruelty, but from seeing potential everywhere. This personality type combines extraordinary emotional…
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Generalized Anxiety in INTJs: The Perfectionism Connection
The first time someone suggested I might have anxiety, I brushed it off. After all, I was an INTJ running…
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INFJ-T: Why You Feel Everything So Intensely (And That’s Okay)
You know that feeling when someone gives you feedback and your brain instantly spirals into worst-case scenarios? Maybe you’ve replayed…
