Anxious Perfectionist: How to Cope with Anxiety Caused by the Pursuit of Perfection

If you identify as a perfectionist, you may not see perfectionism as a problem. You might even consider it an advantage. However, striving for unrealistic standards and determining your self-worth based on meeting them often leads to anxiety, stress, emotional burnout, and dissatisfaction. How can you distinguish between helpful perfectionism and harmful perfectionism and stop setting excessively high expectations for yourself and others?

In the book «Anxious Perfectionist», psychologists Clarissa Ong and Michael Tuhig shed light on the hidden costs of the desire to be the best. They offer exercises based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you cope with anxiety caused by perfectionism. You will learn how the need for perfection can reduce your productivity and hinder your goal achievement. Learn to interrupt negative self-talk. Free yourself from such useless and limiting labels as «success» or «failure». Give yourself and others permission to make mistakes. And all of this — while maintaining faith in yourself and your high aspirations!