Perfectionism among young people has skyrocketed, but experts say there are ways to quiet your inner critic. By Christina Caron Yuxin Sun, a psychologist in Seattle, sees a lot of clients at her ...

Heather Fuller- Emdr And Brainspotting Therapist, Marriage & Family Therapist, San Diego, CA, 92129, (619) 914-6612, You’re self-aware, driven, and others see you as strong — but inside, you ...

During a session with my former partners, our coach posited a theory: that we were all perfectionists and that was a big part of our problem. I thought he was crazy—about the problem part, not ...

In my view, perfectionism is the energy that makes the world go round. Societies need people with the drive to strive toward ideals. The tension that perfectionists carry is where their power lies.

However, perfectionism isn’t the same as striving to be your best self. Perfectionism actually holds you back by creating unhealthy behavior in your pursuit to look a certain way. ‌ ...

This is perfectionism in a nutshell: the belief that everything you do has to be the very best or it’s not good enough. In ...

Discover when perfectionism becomes a serious mental health condition. These warning signs reveal if your high standards are actually harming your wellbeing.

Perfectionism is—can only ever be—a relational trait. It is a self-esteem issue, arising not in a vacuum within individuals, but in our social world and through the interactions we have with ...

In case you’re wondering, I’ve never related to a sentence more in my entire life. The positives and negatives to excellence-seeking perfectionism have played out in my own life many times.

Psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler rejects that approach, upending the whole notion that perfectionism is something to overcome. Getting rid of it won’t work because it’s a fundamental ...