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The Overwhelmed Brain

The Deception of Perfectionism

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni: Emotional Abuse and Relationship Expert

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

When you suffer from perfectionism based in fear, you become more and more miserable as time goes on. In fact, the more perfect and controlling you are, the more disappointed with life you get. Does it make sense to be perfect? Is it actually more destructive than helpful? Many times yes. There is a healthy perfectionism and an unhealthy one. The question is: Are you suffering or evolving? How you answer says it all. If you're a perfectionist and are suffering because of it, today's episode is for you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you tired of that same old rehashed personal growth advice that all seems to boil down to think positively and all your problems will go away.

0:13.0

If affirmations feel like lies and positive thinking feels like denial,

0:18.0

then I want you to get ready.

0:20.0

The overwhelmed brain is here to help you create the life you want now. Hello, this is Paul Kolyani, host of the overwhelmed brain, Brain, the Personal Growth Show

0:43.0

for the Critical Thinker.

0:44.5

On this show I discuss practical down-to-earth steps

0:48.0

to help you improve your mood

0:50.0

and keep you sane in this powerful journey we call life.

0:55.0

Have you ever thought about why you can't communicate with some people?

0:59.0

It's almost as if they are living on a different planet.

1:03.0

For example, the sentence, I watched you run that program and it was stellar.

1:09.7

Could mean many different things.

1:12.2

Did you run a computer program or was it a fundraising

1:16.0

project? And what was stellar? The program or you running it? There's a whole slew of interpretation so it's no surprise that

1:26.5

some people simply can't understand what we're saying half the time. So when I

1:31.6

think about the people in other countries listening to this show, I wonder

1:35.2

what message they're getting.

1:38.1

This is how the world operates though.

1:39.9

We do the best we can in the environment we are in. But since everyone around us will interpret

1:46.4

our words and actions a little differently, we can never please everyone.

1:53.3

It's true, you will never please everyone.

1:57.0

How could you?

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