The disadvantages of pursuing perfection

First, excessive pursuit of perfection will produce obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Some perfectionists will cause obsessive-compulsive disorder, and fear of mistakes will develop into doubts and uncertainties about their own behavior, thus repeating unnecessary behaviors and repeated tests. These are important symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and general anxiety.

Second, you will worry too much about making mistakes.

They try to avoid or cover up their mistakes, so it is difficult to grow and improve from them. If some athletes are in their prime, don't end their sports career unnecessarily. In fact, the more you are afraid of making mistakes, the more likely you are to make mistakes. Research shows that worrying too much will only be counterproductive, which will make athletes play abnormally and make students' memory decline obviously, which is also the result of anxiety about failure.

Third, too much pursuit of perfection is not conducive to the development of interpersonal relationships.

Perfectionists find it difficult to get along with people around them. Perfectionists often think that they are more capable than others, so they are tired of interpersonal relationships and are easy to criticize, be hostile or even attack others and society. Some pretentious people disdain to associate with ordinary people, thus isolating themselves from the outside world, which will only make interpersonal communication worse and worse

Fourth, the excessive demands of parents have shaped the perfectionism of the next generation.

Because the times are constantly changing, parents are putting more and more pressure on their children. Through oral language, they let their children pursue perfection, sigh, silence and frown, and worry about their failure for a long time, which leads to anxiety.

Fifth, make some unrealistic goals and dreams.

Some perfectionists, the goals they set are difficult to achieve. Perfectionists often set too high a standard for themselves, so they are doomed to reap ruthless setbacks and even immerse themselves in anxiety before failure and pessimism after failure.