How Instagram Turbo-Charged the Worst Kind of Perfectionism Not all perfectionism hurts the same. The research is clear about this. Self-oriented perfectionism (your own high standards) is painful but can sometimes drive useful work. Socially prescribed perfectionism, the belief that other people require you to be perfect, is the one consistently linked to depression, eating...
The Perfectionist’s Secret: They Don’t Start Perfectionists are supposed to be the over-workers. The ones who grind. The ones who cannot stop polishing a thing. They are often also the ones who have not started. This is the quiet paradox that shows up in the research on perfectionism and procrastination. The same person who pulls...
If you've been told to just think positive or choose happiness, the advice was wrong. Depression is a pattern of brain circuit activity, not a character flaw. Understanding why you can't snap out of depression is the first step toward what actually works.