Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and perfectionism can look remarkably similar from the outside. Someone checks the front door twice. Someone rereads an email before sending it. Someone needs things to be just right. But whether what you’re dealing with is OCD or perfectionism comes down to what’s driving the behaviour underneath, and that difference matters more than the behaviour itself.

Perfectionism isn’t automatically a problem. Sometimes wanting to do something well is simply part of who you are: you care about your work, you have high standards, you take pride in getting things right.

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