SciShow Psych | Why Perfectionism Isn’t as Good as You Think

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SciShow Psych: People often think of perfectionism as a good thing, but it’s more than just a strong desire to do something well, and it can actually be a risk factor for several clinical disorders. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman. Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://lifehacker.com/stop-answering-whats-your-greatest-weakness-with-badl-1680448544 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180219-toxic-perfectionism-is-on-the-rise https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2018/07/perfectionism/ https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/manyfaces.html https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4572/94fb7517fdcfac6932fea021f3323b3fe852.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12074372 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327957pspr1004_2 https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-244X-14-98 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916310947 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16900464 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10608-005-2414-8 https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/bumc.2014.78.2.140 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735810000723 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12210642/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12206196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12074372 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277686664_The_Destructiveness_of_Perfectionism_Revisited_Implications_for_the_Assessment_of_Suicide_Risk_and_the_Prevention_of_Suicide http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.320.1494&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2017-57603-001.pdf https://psychcentral.com/lib/in-depth-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16900464 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796706002944 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a744/205f2acdd6acb1b198aa4eb08bb2e73e31cd.pdf https://adaa.org/sites/default/files/Antony_MasterClinician.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5945983/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124110/ Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/terrifying-interview-gm499278780-80126089 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/angry-bitchy-woman-with-glasses-skeptically-looking-at-you-gm669400018-122389305 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/exam-sheet-with-a-plus-grade-flat-design-gm876542732-244644869 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/we-all-passed-gm641755936-116387179 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/brain-x-ray-with-neurons-gm463040647-32711818 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/upset-businesswoman-in-meeting-gm598530646-102625861 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/these-long-hours-are-draining-all-the-energy-from-me-gm951545708-259751445 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/furious-boss-shouting-at-his-team-on-a-meeting-in-the-office-gm921903204-253133243 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pensive-customer-asking-waitress-in-cafe-gm950855130-259551248


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