Perfectionism And Eating Disorders

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INTRODUCTION Narration Perfectionism has been looked at many different ways in the past. Whether it is positive or negative perfectionism affects people in a lot of ways. Perfectionism can cause disorders like obsessive control disorder (OCD) or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) (Jancin, 2017). Description: Perfectionism has many different components that can make it up. Examples of this could be someone not feeling content with the end result of a problem solution, people avoiding to try something new because they are afraid of failing, or that they will be seem useless (Callard-Szulgit, 2012). Process Illustration The idea of reaching perfection is appealing to many people. Can perfection be reached? When advertisers make their

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