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When perfectionism creates invisible suffering in successful students

I'm a straight-A student but I have panic attacks before every test because I'm terrified of disappointing people, and no one understands because my grades look fine.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your academic achievement masks psychological distress that feels both urgent and illegitimate because it exists alongside external success.

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