SIGNS & DIAGNOSIS

• Seeing small mistakes as a sign of failure.
• Desire for approval and defensive over criticism.
• Failure to complete tasks and avoiding even starting them.
• Unrealistic understanding of success.
• Highly critical of other people.

TREATMENT

• Learning to receive criticism.
• Setting reasonable goals.
• Cognitive behavioral therapy.
• Lowering the pressure for success.

“The chronic procrastinator, the person who does this as a lifestyle, would rather have other people think that they lack effort than lacking ability”... “It’s a maladaptive lifestyle.” -Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University