#632 "Good" vs "Bad" Perfectionism - Katherine Morgan Schafler

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Katherine Morgan Schafler is a therapist and an author who studies perfectionism. She talks about healthy vs maladaptive perfectionism and the ways we can harness this tendency for good. Follow her @KatherineMorganSchafler. Check out her book, The Perfectionists Guide to Losing Control.

About Katherine

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0:00.0	Miss Fit toys.
0:02.8	Welcome to episode 632 with my guest, Catherine Morgan Schaffler.
0:06.8	I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the Metal Illness Happy Hour, which is a place for honesty,
0:11.6	about all the bullshit.
0:15.1	Pinballing around in our brains.
0:17.9	The show's not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:21.4	I am not a doctor, but I am a comic, I'm a contract.
0:26.2	I hate when I fuck a joke up.
0:28.9	The website for this show is medalpod.com, medalpod also the social media handles you can follow
0:34.5	us at.
0:35.5	And the Venmo.
0:36.5	Should you care to do a one time Venmo donation?
0:42.4	Let's dive into some surveys.
0:44.9	This is from the voice in your head survey filled out by a woman who calls herself Silent
0:48.9	Tuesday in fog.
0:51.4	And some of the things you tell yourself about yourself, ironically, that I am worth getting
0:55.8	to know and that I am a disgusting filth of a human.
1:01.8	Now that's a dating profile.
1:03.8	Isn't it weird how we can hold two completely incongruous thoughts at the same time?
1:11.8	That was one of the things that I learned in therapy is two things that are seemingly
1:16.4	opposite can be happening at the same time.
1:19.6	And I think a lot of times that's why it's so tempting to engage in black and white thinking
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