Perfectionism: Sense Of Failure

Perfectionism is not well noticed or worried for by the public and sometimes not perceived by the perfectionists themselves. Most of a perfectionist’s triggers and self discipline is different compared to others. Perfectionism in some areas can be dangerous due to depression or sense of failure that can cause suicide or other forms of misconduct. This condition can be a problem to people who don’t remark themselves as one.
Tightened economic circumstances have intensified fears that we will lose out if we are not constantly pushing to do better. (Greenspon) [1] Perfectionism actually has many faces; there is no perfect perfectionist. In a clinical case to be described, we see a young student who is fearful that what she is assigned to do will never be done well enough, and who because of this hesitates, rechecks, and ruminates about what she may have left out or missed. Time eventually runs out, and she has to go to sleep if she has been at home doing homework or she has to turn in her unfinished test in the classroom. (Greenspon) [1] The stress of failure can cause major breakdowns and is possible to be a danger to other people.

The bright line that distinguishes perfectionism from striving for excellence is precisely this fear of mistakes. Nonperfectionists who push themselves to succeed may well be disappointed and hurt by failure; perfectionistic people are potentially devastated by it.(Handley, et al) [1] A perfectionist is normally serious about their work, they won’t let anything interfere with making everything as perfect as they can get it even though nobody is perfect while someone else would try hard but still pay attention to events in their life or even just their own health. Comprehensive reviews have reported dimensions of perfectionism playing a key role in mood disorders, eating disorders and various anxiety disorders. (Handley, et al)