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Perfectionism can be very unhealthy, both towards yourself and towards others. Perfectionists are often way too hard on themselves and sometimes get too sensitive and overreact to minor criticism. Some of them have overly inflated expectations, are too demanding...and many of them have trouble loosening up and just "living in the moment".