The American Psychological Association defines perfectionism as “the tendency to demand of others or of oneself an extremely high or even flawless level of performance, in excess of what is required by the situation.”
There’s a certain amount of healthy perfectionism, we’ll call it perfectionistic strivings. I this is you, you’re naturally more driven. You push yourselves to be excellent and you set high goals for yourself. You can even overdo it sometimes when you try to meet these goals by losing sleep or neglecting other obligations. In this video I talk about six facets of perfectionism.
References
Frost, R.O., Marten, P., Lahart, C. et al. The dimensions of perfectionism. Cogn Ther Res 14, 449–468 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01172967
Bardone-Cone, A. M., Sturm, K., Lawson, M. A., Robinson, D. P., & Smith, R. (2010). Perfectionism across stages of recovery from eating disorders. The International journal of eating disorders, 43(2), 139–148. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.20674
Kelly J. D., 4th (2015). Your Best Life: Perfectionism–The Bane of Happiness. Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 473(10), 3108–3111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-015-4279-9
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Hello Dr. Marks, I love what I’ve watched and read so far on your site. I’m a behaviour psychology student in Canada and love inspirational content that may polish me for my future career in human services. Your delivery is on point in every way. Thanks for being you!
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Thank you for this video! I was able to identify some traits listed here I didn’t realize were part of a bigger problem. I will take my learnings to my therapist.
Will there be a 2022 calendar from you?
Hi A. Denise. So glad you learned something actionable that you can take to your therapist. Thanks for asking about the calendar, I don’t have one this year ? I want to find a way to produce the same kind of information with something that does not expire, like a calendar. I’m working on that.
Thank you for the resources. I have keep reminding my self , that I have strength and not just deficits.
You’re welcome Michal. Yes, it’s easy to overlook and minimize the strengths. Be well. ?