Perfectionism
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PERFECTIONISM
BY: MASON UNDERWOOD
Perfectionism-refusal to accept any standard short of perfection. Perfectionism is a disease the causes one to feel pressured to be perfect in every single thing they do in life from typing papers to raising kids.
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Symptoms of perfectionism:
Feeling overly upset about mistakes on small tasks
Not asking for help when you need it because you don't want to show imperfections
Taking praise and support as criticism
Disconnected socially
Expecting others to be perfect in everything
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Causes of perfectionism:
There is no exact cause for perfectionism since it is a learned behavior but, it is often learned when the person often has to meet exceedingly high expectations. In children perfectionism can be caused by too much pressure to do well in academic settings.
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Treatments for perfectionism:
Perfectionism can be hard to treat is because perfectionist often hide their personal problems. Therapy can help perfectionists learn new ways of thinking about their goals and achievements.
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Statistics:
Statistically if you have perfectionism it increases your risk to be suicidal or cause self harm to oneself for mistakes you make. A study shows that out of 33 young men who had committed suicide 70% had stated in their farewell that they were not good enough in their daily life.
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Effects normal life:
If you are a perfectionist then you will go through your whole day fearing of failure or making a mistake which causes you to not enjoy simple things throughout the day and live a life of fear. Perfectionism can affect anyone but, typically is in younger people under lots of pressure to be successful consistently.
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Coping strategies:
Setting realistic, attainable goals.
Breaking up overwhelming tasks into small steps.
Focusing on one activity or task at a time.
Acknowledging that everyone makes mistakes, and that most mistakes present learning opportunities.
Confronting fears of failure by being realistic about possible outcomes.
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