A short but vivid description of one woman’s struggle.

The writer gets so much right:

• that it’s a trap
• that it often begins in childhood
• In high school: “I sat before my Spanish teacher in tears over a B+.”
• Heavy involvement with ballet, an endeavor that “required excellence.”
• As an adult, a perfectionist approach to housekeeping.
• “Self-worth based on performance and how others perceived me.”

Worth reading.