Like pride, pharisaism is part of the cover-up for us perfectionists. In biblical terms, the perfectionist is forever straining out gnats while swallowing camels. It's a lot easier to maintain an immaculate house than to maintain warm and nurturing relationships with those who live in the house. Paranoia Perfectionists have a hard time accepting friendships and love from others. Rather we think people are just waiting to catch us in our imperfections.
Perfectionists have difficulty with close, honest relationships.
At times we perfectionists are aware that we fight a losing battle. We know that our best efforts can never produce our idealistic dreams. Perfectionism ultimately paralyzes the perfectionist. Afraid of not winning all the battles, we win none of them. Afraid of not being the very best, we fail to achieve our personal best.