Do you obsess over trivial details, always think of the worst-case scenario and appear confident on the outside but struggle with a fear of failure internally? If you tick some of these boxes, you ...

High-functioning anxiety, while not a diagnosable mental health disorder, describes how a growing population of people live alongside anxiety but do not generally experience the symptoms that warrant ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve always been a high achiever, both personally and professionally. But I struggle with a whirlwind of worries and thoughts, constantly second-guessing myself and pushing for ...

On paper, Dr Judith Joseph’s life had never been going so well. Yet one night, sitting alone in her glossy office in Manhattan, Dr Joseph, now 44, had her head in her hands and the admission came ...

Being a high-functioning person can often feel like invincibility. Here are three symptoms that prove even the most productive ones aren’t immune to burnout. High-functioning people often look like ...

Anxiety can be a crushing mental disorder that can leave us feeling breathless and powerless. But what if I told you that what seem like your most negative traits could also be your greatest ...

Having high functioning depression and anxiety means that you can usually manage daily responsibilities while experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety. When people talk about living with ...

Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, chair of the Women in Medicine Initiative for Columbia University’s Vagelos College of ...