
Loneliness
As I was thinking about perfectionism the other day I started thinking about the fear that causes the need to be perfect. If a major part of perfectionism is the need to please others then the potential outcome of not pleasing someone is that they don't approve of you. Blown way out of proportion, there is a fear that they won't love you anymore. If someone doesn't love you anymore then they will leave you and you will be alone. While these outcomes aren't typical, they