Overfunctioning might look like perfectionism, never feeling good enough, always needing to do more or achieve more to feel worthy. Overfunctioning is an adaptive strategy to managing feeling out of control, to having learned as a child that you had to do it all on your own, and to coping with anxiety. The downside is that overfunctioning can also lead to burnout, conflict or resentment in relationships, and being way to hard on yourself and others. Therapy can help you keep the parts of this identity that serve you, while disentangling the parts that you no longer benefit from.
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