perfectionist

Perfectionism, in psychology, or perfectionist man is a broad personality. Style characterized by a person’s concern with striving for flawlessness and perfection. And It accompanied by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others’ evaluations.^[1]^[2] It best conceptualized as a multidimensional and multilayered personality characteristic. And initially some psychologists thought that there were many positive and negative aspects.^[3]

Perfectionism drives people to be concerned with achieving unattainable ideals or unrealistic goals that often lead to many forms of adjustment problems such as depression, anxiety, OCD, OCPD and low self-esteem. These adjustment problems often lead to suicidal thoughts and tendencies and influence or invite other psychological, physical, social, and further achievement problems in children, adolescents, and adults. Although perfectionist sights can reduce stress, anxiety, and panic, recent data, compiled by British psychologists Thomas Curran and Andrew Hill, show that perfectionistic tendencies are on the rise among recent generations of young people.^[4]

Definition

Stanley Kubrick, an American filmmaker, was both famous and notorious about his perfectionism while making movies.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Perfectionists strain compulsively and unceasingly toward unattainable goals. They measure their self-worth by productivity and accomplishment that some tendencies even lead to distraction from other areas of life.^[8] Perfectionists pressure themselves to achieve unrealistic goals that inevitably lead to disappointment. If the sole focus pertains to everything that needs to be fixed in order to be considered perfect, then it’s hard to know when they will truly be happy with themselves. Perfectionists especially, tend to be harsh critics of themselves, their work, and when they fail to meet their expectations.