The Flaws of Perfectionism

The Wellness Scoop

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We so often see perfectionism as a positive flaw but could it be having a detrimental impact on our mental health? We speak to LSE professor Dr Thomas Curran about the rise in perfectionism, the conflict of who we really are versus an idealistic view of ourselves, our increasing focus on meeting unrealistic expectations, the correlation to anxiety, how social media comes into it and how focusing on our self-esteem and purpose can counteract the concerning trends that we’re seeing. Thomas’ Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_curran_our_dangerous_obsession_with_perfectionism_is_getting_worse?language=en See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:37.2	I think the most interesting topics we've covered so far and I'm sure we can all agree that you know
1:42.5	this kind of desire to have a sort of perfect life, you know the perfect career, the perfect
1:46.8	relationship, the perfect children, the perfect Instagram ready life in general, is sort of feeling
1:52.3	like an increasingly big part of the world we live in today. And yet when we stop and think about it
1:57.6	there's something fundamentally wrong with it because no one is flawless and no matter how we present
2:02.8	ourselves, being perfect is also completely subjective concept and so it is in fact impossible.
2:09.3	And really interestingly there are increasing levels of research into this topic which are showing
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