🔹Perfectionism - something to strive for or something to avoid? 🔹Perfectionism can be great in helping us to work towards goals and push ourselves further. It can be something that helps us to venture into new avenues and strive for success. There are many benefits IF we are happy with our achievements along the way. 🔹But if we only focus on the end goal of perfectionism our efforts to succeed may not be enough and our sense of achievement may be numbed, overtaken by a harsh and critical inner voice. 🔹Perfectionism can create some very unhelpful behaviours, thoughts and feelings that in turn perpetuate a negative cycle. 🔹Perfectionism can stop a person from even trying to move forward for the fear of failing. ‘Why bother trying, I know I can’t do it’. 🔹 Fear itself can prevent action, so it is worth spending some time thinking about whether this fear exists in you and whether it stops you from trying. 🔹it might also be useful to think about what your ideas of perfectionism are - what came to mind when you read that word? 🔹Identifying the block is the first step in overpowering it...and trying anyway... #perfectionism #challengeperfectionism #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalheatlhadvocate #mindful #meditation #quote #philosophy #love #happy #life #amazing #motivation #inspiration #blessed #therapy#peace #contentment #compassion #clarity #reflection #drkaurtherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BsxWxwRB09-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ses8t7gbj4tr