Mental Illness Happy Hour

#764 Social Anxiety & Perfectionism - Dr. Ellen Hendriksen Returns

Sep 5, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Community Service Rewires Feeling Unwanted

  • Paul shares two listener surveys showing connection heals isolation: one who felt unwanted but was reassured, and a new NA meeting that helped someone feel safe.
  • These stories illustrate how service and community rewire self-beliefs.
INSIGHT

Perfectionism Is Excessive Performance Demand

  • Perfectionism is demanding a level of performance higher than the situation requires.
  • That drive can fuel achievement but also causes burnout, health issues, and life trade-offs as Ellen Hendriksen describes from her own GI and muscle problems.
ANECDOTE

Ellen's Perfectionism Led To Physical Burnout

  • Ellen Hendriksen describes her perfectionism surfacing as physical burnout in midlife.
  • She developed GI issues, couldn't turn her head, and needed multiple rounds of PT from overworking and typing.
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