But perfectionism can rob people of self esteem, confidence and cause anxiety, said Israa Nasir, a New York-based psychotherapist who studied in Toronto and author of the forthcoming book, Toxic ...

Perfectionism has been described as a "hidden epidemic" of modern times. Lean in. Achieve more. Have more. Be more. Be perfect. All this pressure correlates to spiking rates in anxiety, depression ...

Michael Mann is one of the top directors in Hollywood, long used to calling his own shots. When Joe Roth was running Disney Motion Pictures, he asked Mann if his “60 Minutes” expose “The Insider” with ...

Over this period, they found a 10 per cent increase in self-directed perfectionism, 32 per cent increase in socially prescribed perfectionism and 16 per cent increase in other-oriented perfectionism.