4 traits that make you a perfectionist

Most people think that being a perfectionist means that you do everything well and pay attention to detail but this isn’t necessarily the full picture.

There is a lot more to perfectionism than most people think and it’s quite a complicated pattern of thinking and behaving. Many people think that perfectionism means you want to do everything really well and make sure that everything is perfect. This is only a small part of how a perfectionist operates. Perfectionists tend to get their self-worth from achieving and feel that they are unworthy if they are not successful and being productive. Relaxing and just living are foreign concepts to a perfectionist. Here are typical signs that you are a perfectionist.

Your general mantra is “It’s never good enough”

Perfectionists set themselves unrealistic standards. As a result they often don’t manage to achieve their goals. When this happens they become self-critical and engage in self-destructive behaviour. They go in completely the opposite direction and become extremely undisciplined for a while. The pressure they place on themselves cannot be sustained over a long period of time and this is how they end up in a see-saw cycle of trying to be perfect and then letting go completely. It’s like a rat being stuck in a maze and repeating the same cycle over…