My sister has OCD, and I'm well aware it has little to do with -- from the description in the image -- what amounts to simply "a student who's ambitious and works hard". Not to say that one can't be ambitious and work hard and also have OCD (since my sister was also a consistent honors student).
But also, my mother was a psychologist, and I've heard my share of Stupid Things the Psych Industry Thinks. This crap about "perfectionism" is one of them, and it's nice to see someone shoot it down.
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Date: 7 May 2011 04:42 am (UTC)But also, my mother was a psychologist, and I've heard my share of Stupid Things the Psych Industry Thinks. This crap about "perfectionism" is one of them, and it's nice to see someone shoot it down.