Quotes About Over-identification

Over-identification on the part of Shakespeare's biographers had mutated into an over-identification on the part of his readers.

The fear of judgment is the key fear that stems from over-identifying who you are, your worth as a person, with your work. From this fear follows the counterproductive drive toward perfectionism, severe self-criticism, and the fear that you must deprive yourself of leisure time in order to satisfy some unseen judge.