Ep 24: High Functioning Anxiety’s 3 BFFs: perfectionism, people pleasing, overwhelm

The Empowered and Free Podcast: Help for High Functioning Anxiety

May 3 2023 • 27 mins

What do Regina George and high functioning anxiety have in common? Sounds like an unlikely match, right?!  Think again!

In any stereotypical 2000’s movie about high school girls (especially the one titled Mean Girls), the main character always has a posse following her.  Let’s chat about the posse following your high functioning anxiety.

RIght behind your high functioning anxiety is a posse that includes perfectionism, people pleasing, and overwhelm. Tune in to learn how that’s impacting you and how to help yourself ditch the posse of high functioning anxiety!


In today’s episode, Erin shares:

  • What overthinking, procrastination, and a Type A personality are ALL a symptom of
  • Why you want to be in control and you’re terrified to fail
  • How you know if you’re a people pleaser or just a nice person
  • Why you can’t fully relax and feel like you have to be productive 24/7
  • How being a perfectionist, people pleaser, and feeling overwhelmed are causing you to be MORE anxious, and what to do about it!



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