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fromPsychology Today2 weeks agoPsychologySocially Prescribed Perfectionism and the False SelfSocially prescribed perfectionism and people-pleasing arise from intense fear of rejection, driving status-seeking, self-sacrifice, and construction of a false self to gain approval.
