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Ep. 101: 4 Ways Perfectionists and Obsessive-Compulsives Try To Avoid Humiliation

Ep. 101: 4 Ways Perfectionists and Obsessive-Compulsives Try To Avoid Humiliation

Update: 2025-11-25
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This essay explores how perfectionist and obsessive-compulsive personalities construct “fortresses” to avoid humiliation, embarrassment, and shame. Through vivid stories and cultural examples—from Steve Jobs to Michael Jackson—it identifies four compulsive types (Boss, Workaholic, People-Pleaser, and Obsessor) and shows how their strategies both protect and imprison them.

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Ep. 101: 4 Ways Perfectionists and Obsessive-Compulsives Try To Avoid Humiliation

Ep. 101: 4 Ways Perfectionists and Obsessive-Compulsives Try To Avoid Humiliation

Gary Trosclair