Over-preparing

Putting together your presentation for an upcoming conference is taking four times longer than it should because you’re worried about screwing up and can’t stop checking that you’re ready for every contingency. “Over-preparing and overworking are coping mechanisms—you’re trying to manage the anxiety of waiting for the other shoe to drop and being ‘found out,’” explains Young. “You’re trying to avoid rejection, humiliation, fear and disappointment—but at a big cost.”