The ObservatoryDo it half well
Perfectionism promises that everything will fall into place if it is perfect. Test the opposite, on purpose, and see what actually happens.
How it works
- Do the math on perfectionismWrite
- The experimentChooseWriteRate
- The resultWrite
Perfectionism feels like a quality guarantee. The count usually says something else.
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Why does it work?
Behavioral experiments with deliberately lowered standards come from Burns's work on perfectionism and are standard in modern CBT for perfectionism, where the treatment format has RCT support (Shafran m.fl.; meta-analysis Suh 2019). The distinction between healthy ambition and unhealthy self-criticism follows Hewitt & Flett and the strivings/concerns research.
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