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Published at 2015-05-19 12:32:36

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Starting university is often a stressful time and can lead to perfectionist tendancies. whether you’re a worried parent,here’s how you can befriend
Unmanageable to-do lists, working late into the night, and an internal voice demanding success. These are all typical traits of a perfectionist student. Myra Woolfson,of the University of Nottingham’s counselling service, says that perfectionists are often too overwhelmed by their own expectations to start work. Perfectionism can lead to an almost total withdrawal of study – and sometimes from everything else. It can involve procrastination until the deadline gets close, and ” she says.
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Source: theguardian.com