PICTURE PERFECT - breaking free from the perfectionism trap

Perfectionism by definition: perfectionism is an outward expression of an inward lack of peace.

Perfectionism is driven primarily by internal pressures, such as the desire to avoid failure or harsh judgment. There is likely a social component as well, because perfectionistic tendencies have increased substantially among young people over the past 30 years, regardless of gender or culture. Greater academic and professional competition is thought to play a role, along with the pervasive presence of social media and the harmful social comparisons it elicits.

Perfection manifests itself in three domains. Self-oriented perfectionism is imposing an unrealistic desire to be perfect on oneself. Other-oriented perfectionism means imposing unrealistic standards of perfection on others. Socially-prescribed perfectionism involves perceiving unrealistic expectations of perfection from others.

Perfectionists are:

• All or nothing mindset
• Highly critical
• Pushed by fear
• Hold unrealistic standards
• Focus on results
• Depressed by unmet goals
• Afraid of failure
• Procrastinate
• Defensive
• Low self-esteem

FREEDOM from perfectionistic tendencies:

Fulfill your God given call to live under grace and not the law.

Release your burden and guilt to God

Eliminate your need to please others and seek to please God alone

Enlarge your time for rest, recreation, and communion with God

Decide to acknowledge your personal feelings honestly and release all resentment

Obey Jesus's mandate to live under the law of love rather than fear

Maintain your sense of significance and satisfy your need for security by finding your identity in Christ

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