Paul's story: Living with perfectionism and depression
My name's Paul and I'm a recovering perfectionist. I am also recovering from depression. The two are connected. I'd been trying to do too much, too well, trying to please too many people, expecting too much of myself for too long, putting too much pressure on myself, creating too much stress. That's a lot of âtoo muches' for one person. My self-esteem took a battering, I stopped looking forward to anything and I felt like I was useless and hopeless. This might sound like my depression was my fault but however cruel I have been to myself over the last few years I'm not going to start blaming...