Perfectionism ✅ | Adrift in the Clouds ☁️
Added 2025-06-12 19:40:31 +0000 UTCI’ve been doing some deep work on perfectionism in therapy—turns out it’s been running the show in every part of my life. Creativity, fitness, relationships… even how I try not to be perfect. It’s exhausting. But something my therapist asked really stuck with me: What’s the imagined benefit of being perfect—and is it even worth it?
So I’m asking you—how has perfectionism shown up in your life? What helps you break the cycle? Let’s talk in the comments 💬💛
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I’m late to the game but I really loved listening to this and reading others’ comments. Personally, I am working on treating myself with the same grace I readily give others. This came up in the context of working towards the improvement of chronic pain so I can continue playing high impact sports through building strength and stability in my rickety knees. Rather than being down on myself because I can’t necessarily get through all sets of my regimen at times, I say things like “look at this good thing you’re still doing for your body by paying attention to good form and your pain tolerance”. It’s something I’d say to anyone else who hit a slump in injury recovery, yet I never think to say that to myself, because unless I’m perfect at it, I don’t deserve encouragement. I’m trying to take this with me as I think about venturing into new things. Taking the step of actually trying is scary, but if I would give others grace, why wouldn’t that be important for me to extent to myself too? I don’t know that this necessarily applies, but it’s what came to mind here :)
Suz
2025-06-17 22:57:52 +0000 UTCLiterally just caught myself in a moment of perfectionism trying to make a sign for tomorrow. Every letter doesn’t need to be perfectly aligned and the exact same spacing, etc….this is not a 5 hour project. Glad i read this post yesterday and caught myself.
Sha-na-na
2025-06-14 01:18:25 +0000 UTC
