Key points

My OCD and ADHD make public speaking difficult and challenging to improve.

Perfectionism makes connections between self-concepts, thereby creating a shaky foundation.

Challenging perfectionism means accepting that some failures don't have deeper, personal meanings.

Intellectually, I can tell you how thoroughly I understand that I’m not perfect, with my own limitations that are balanced by my strengths. I can go on about how disappointment doesn’t necessarily imply anything about my essence and how my failures made me stronger, adding that I’ve found meaning in them (like when I write about them). I know that I’m supposed to say these things and, even deeper, believe them. I know that my sensitivity isn’t anyone else’s responsibility, and I’m certain that others would and eve

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