Psychology Today | 14.09.2026 20:38
When a child or young adult experiences their world as unsafe, full of conflict or trauma, harshly governed by exacting parents, or empty of any measure of emotional security, they can escape through working toward a world where safety is discovered in accomplishment. Constant accomplishment. Seeming perfect, being the highest achiever while in tight emotional control, may create an effective and intricate camouflage.
