Perfectionist Paralysis


the inability to start on a project, -ssignment, essay or any creative task due to the fear of not getting it perfectly right.
joe: you haven’t started writing your paper yet?
bob: nope
joe: isn’t it due tomorrow?
bob: yep.
joe: i thought you went to the library and did your research, made your notes and wrote your outline.
bob: i’ve got perfectionist paralysis.
when a project slows to a standstill due to … hold on let me think. how should i phrase this?

see paralysis of -n-lysis.
the development of duke nukem forever has suffered from a decades worth of perfectionist paralysis.

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