Oversocialization, i.e. internalization of social norms to a pathological degree:
The oversocialized person does not merely follow rules; they experience rules as moral absolutes and violations of those rules as deep personal failure. They feel guilt, shame, and anxiety not only when they hurt others but when they imagine (often incorrectly) that they might have violated some invisible, constantly shifting social code. Oversocialization, in this sense, is less about being polite than about being haunted by the possibility of being impolite; to be oversocialized is not to be considerate of others but to be motivated by the fear of appearing to be inconsiderate of others. Oversocialization is an obsession with formalities and rules that have no purpose other than to seem to instill meaning onto the madness of the social world.