Most people who struggle with perfectionism will tell you they just have high standards. But what makes perfectionism different from excellence is not the height of the bar. It's what falling short of that bar feels like: a catastrophic threat on one's self-worth. That distinction matters, because it points to where the problem actually lies: and it's not in the standards themselves. #perfection #highstandards Why Perfectionism Happens In CBT (cognitive-behavioural therapy),