Perfectionism

topic tend to disappoint (Weiten Lloyd, Dunn, & Hammer. p 9). Perfectionism is something many of us suffer from which is natural. Many individuals would like to know what the negative effects are and what they could do. Dr. Brown wrote that perfectionism is not about striving to be your best, it is not about healthy achievement and growth. Perfectionism is about being perfect in every way. The applied psychology textbook mentioned perfectionism as one of the…

deliver results as perfect as possible. While a perfect delivery might be good, going to the extremes to fulfill perfectionism is not. As they say, too much of everything is injurious. In addition, perfectionism all boils down to ruining self-esteem. In her book, ‘Bird By Bird,’ Anne Lamott succinctly described perfectionism as the oppressor’s voice. It is the enemy of the people! Perfectionism can truly paralyze you from your performances since you become very afraid that you might not live…

My inquiry project conveys how the good life portrayed on social media is so easy to fake, but these unreachable goals push people to try and reach these impossible levels of perfection. My inquiry project is a combination of photos showing how easily I can change myself to influence what other people think of me. Through social media I can show the world any version of myself I want to, even a fake made up version. Clothes, makeup, good photographers, good backdrops, etc. are all things that…

202). Perfectionism can be split into two categories: adaptive perfectionism and maladaptive perfectionism. Although only maladaptive perfectionism can be related back to stress, it is characterized by a concern over mistakes and persistent doubts about one’s actions, socially prescribed perfectionism, a perceived pressure to be perfect, feelings of discrepancy between expectations and results, and negative…

bright and strong person I am. If it wasn't for my father helping me into the person I am today, I would have had a messier life. Perfection has become a big part of my life and it's only helped me do better than I ever thought I could do. Having perfectionism a part of my life has helped me want to succeed more and I've learned to let myself fail too. Wanting to succeed and letting myself fail has helped me progress in my…

It 's 2:39 in the morning and I can 't sleep. I finished an episode of Girls about an hour ago and it brought to the surface some things that I usually manage to keep sitting below. It sounds stupid, I know, it 's a TV show, but fuck, when things hit you, they hit you. The show triggered a lot of difficult feelings for me, one of them being my hatred for my body. My body, that 's something I don 't ever talk about here. You know it 's funny, we do everything we can to present this image of…

The concept of perfectionism can destroy an athlete due to the overarching obsession of being perfect, or it can benefit an athlete with the ability to motivate. Tiger can be described as having a perfectionist personality, but not the detrimental form, rather the beneficial form, which is referred to as adaptive perfectionism and it comes in two forms with Tiger (Deluga, 2016). The first form is self-oriented perfectionism, where a person sets extremely high personal…

minutes of sleep. High school students are feeling the stress and pressure to overachieve all over the world, but why do they feel this way and will it really benefit them later in life? Even though they experience debilitating levels of stress and perfectionism, academic overachievers generally do not see huge rewards for the investment they have made in their academic careers. Overachievers, kids who strive to take the most advanced classes, get straight A’s, and participate in as many…

products are required to be sold under the guise of perfection, that only creates an appetite for perfection that may not even come from what is being sold, is outdated and inhuman to the consumer. Marketing products without creating this void of perfectionism will lead to a more cohesive and productive society as consumers are not obsessed with the newest fad or trend, but rather focused on what is sustainable to them rather than trying to achieve a false ideal of being flawless. Evidently the…

therapy Justification for Diagnosis: Jeremy’s diagnosis is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder based on the information provided in the case study. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is characterized by an excessive pattern of perfectionism, orderliness and control, often at the cost of being flexible or efficient in their daily lives. One symptom of a person with this disorder is the intense commitment they give to their work, often choosing it over relaxation or friends.…