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Too Perfect

When Being in Control Gets Out of Control

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Too Perfect

By: Allan E. Mallinger MD, Jeannette De Wyze
Narrated by: Jeannette De Wyze
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Summary

For many of us, perfectionism can bring life's most desired rewards. But when the obsessive need for perfection and control gets in the way of our professional and emotional lives, the cost becomes too high. Although many of us appear cool and confident on the outside, inside we are in emotional turmoil, trying to satisfy everyone, attempting to direct the future, and feeling that we are failing.

In Too Perfect, Dr. Allan Mallinger draws on 20 years of research and observations from his private practice to show how perfectionism can sap energy, complicate even the simplest decisions, and take the enjoyment out of life. For workaholics or neat freaks, for anyone who fears change or making mistakes, needs rigid rules, is excessively frugal or obstinate, Too Perfect offers revealing self-tests, fascinating case histories, and practical strategies to help us overcome obsessiveness and reclaim our right to happiness.

©1992 Allan E. Mallinger and Jeannette De Wyze (P)2020 Tantor Addiction & Recovery Compulsive Disorders Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Twelve-Step Programs Health Emotions
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Found this book very interesting in terms of how obsessive people think. Me to a tee. So many stories from her clients that are so relatable to me. The major let down for me was that there were very few strategies on how to deal with this obsessive mindset. It was basically the author explaining how an obsessive person would think - yet not giving much of a strategy to fix it.

For the obsessive

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It has given me answers to the innermost questions that created turmoil throughout my life. I cannot recommend this book enough! to every person who has a compulsive, obsessive personality... read THIS BOOK!

This book saved me from me.

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