You’re not a perfectionist in the obvious ways. Your room’s messy, your wardrobe’s chaotic, and you don’t care about most details. But there are specific things that have to be done properly, and when they’re not, your body feels it. That’s the kind of perfectionism people rarely talk about.

You sit down to do the breathing exercise properly. You follow the count. You try to get it right. And somehow, instead of calming down, your body tightens and your mind starts spiralling. If breathwork has ever made you feel worse instead of better, you’re not doing it wrong.

If you can psychoanalyse yourself but still feel stuck, counselling probably needs to look different for you.

You know your attachment style. You can name your patterns. You understand why you are the way you are. And somehow, nothing really changes.

Burnout suggests exhaustion from effort. What many people are dealing with feels different. It’s not that there’s too much to do. It’s that starting feels unsafe, heavy, or strangely impossible, even when the task itself is simple. This isn’t a discipline problem, and it’s not a motivation issue either.