{"id":4256,"date":"2018-11-08T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T06:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2018-11-08T21:21:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:21:04","slug":"the-secret-struggles-of-being-a-perfectionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/the-secret-struggles-of-being-a-perfectionist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Struggles Of Being A Perfectionist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We aim at improving our performance on certain tasks, either at acquiring a new skill or securing higher status\u00a0in our professions. Our quest could only be a healthy one, if done with a genuine pleasure &#8211; not trying to squeeze ourselves into what we are not; seeking to do everything perfectly with fear of being rejected.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- INSIDE 2 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 600px; height: 100px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8936035152699800\" data-ad-slot=\"5298435172\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[ (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research say perfectionists can suffer emotional, physical, and interpersonal problems resulting from the\u00a0stress that internal struggles to be flawless put on them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class='tm-tweet-clear'><\/div>\n<div class='tm-click-to-tweet'>\n<div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=The+Secret+Struggles+Of+Being+A+Perfectionist&#038;via=PsychDon&#038;related=PsychDon&#038;url=https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/the-secret-struggles-of-being-a-perfectionist\/' target='_blank'>The Secret Struggles Of Being A Perfectionist<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=The+Secret+Struggles+Of+Being+A+Perfectionist&#038;via=PsychDon&#038;related=PsychDon&#038;url=https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/the-secret-struggles-of-being-a-perfectionist\/' target='_blank' class='tm-ctt-btn'>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gordon L. Flett,\u00a0Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University in Toronto, says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perfectionism is the need to be \u2013 or to appear \u2013 perfect.\u00a0Perfectionists are persistent, detailed and organized high achievers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perfectionists vary in their behaviors: some strive to conceal their imperfections; others attempt to project an image of perfection.\u00a0But all perfectionists have in common extremely high standards for themselves or for others.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Flett and Paul L. Hewitt, Ph.D. provide in their\u00a0<strong>Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale<\/strong>,\u00a0an emerging picture of perfectionism. The scale explores\u00a0self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed as the\u00a0three trait dimensions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/so-rule-breakers-are-right-after-all\/\">perfectionism <\/a>(the three types of perfectionists).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leading scholars reveal the following\u00a0secret struggles of being a perfectionist:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. You can\u2019t stop thinking about a mistake you made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. You are intensely competitive and can\u2019t stand doing worse than others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. You either want to do something \u201cjust right\u201d or not at all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. You demand perfection from other people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. You won\u2019t ask for help if asking can be perceived as a flaw or weakness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6. You will persist at a task long after other people have quit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7. You are a fault-finder who must correct other people when they are wrong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8. You are highly aware of other people\u2019s demands and expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">9. You are very self-conscious about making mistakes in front of other people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">10. **You noticed the error in the title of this list.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read also : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/the-narcissism-checklist\/\">The Narcissism Checklist<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Flett suggests extreme forms of perfectionism should be considered an illness similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/glaring-difference-between-being-a-narcissist-and-having-high-self-esteem\/\">narcissism, dependent-personality disorder<\/a> because of its links to distress and dysfunction.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Paul L. Hewitt, Ph.D. &amp; Gordon L. Flett, Ph.D. Perfectionism: Theory, Research, and Treatment\r\n- The Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale - Multi-Health Systems Inc.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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