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When Anxiety Gets Dismissed as Perfectionism

Everyone says my anxiety is just perfectionism because I get good grades but I literally cannot breathe during tests and perfectionism feels like a lazy explanation.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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High achievement can mask genuine mental health struggles, leading to misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment.

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