Dr. Margaret Rutherford joins me on the show to talk about perfectly hidden depression, perfectionism, and the challenges of emotional vulnerability.
Show Notes
Dr. Margaret Rutherford joins me on the show to talk about perfectly hidden depression, perfectionism, and the challenges of emotional vulnerability.
Show Notes
Here are some of the highlights from the conversations:
- Constructive vs destructive perfectionism
- Appetitive vs aversive motivation
- Trauma, childhood strategies, and the origins of perfectionism
- "Smiling depression"
- Emotional vulnerability
- Perfectly hidden depression
- Rigid positivity
- Classic depression vs perfectly hidden depression
- Insight vs action
- How not help someone else who struggles with perfectly hidden depression
- Should more therapists be bloggers and podcasters?
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