My daughter and I are both perfectionists and we bring out the worst in each other - every conversation about school or future plans becomes this spiral of anxiety where we're both trying to manage the other person's stress and making it worse.
More people experience this than they realize.
A parent and child's matching psychological patterns create a feedback loop that amplifies rather than soothes their shared struggle.
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