“Perfectionism isn’t a behavior; it is a way of thinking about yourself.” – Andrew Hill
Perfectionism can be perplexing and utterly exhausting most of the times. When you are living in a society aiming for, even celebrating perfection, anything less is considered unnatural and unworthy. Although a personality trait, perfectionism has been recognised as a multidimensional construct by researchers (Curran & Hill, 2019). Hewitt and Flett (1991) categorised perfectionism into three categories namely- self-oriented perfectionism, other-oriented perfectionism, and prescribed perfectionism. Self-oriented perfectionism is characterised by a tendency of individuals to set extremely high, sometimes even unrealistic expectations of themselves, being self-critical, fearful of failure, and averse to making mistakes. It consists of an individual’s desire to appear flawless or demanding of themselves a higher quality of performance than what is required (Beheshtifar et al., 2011). Researchers have argued that this type of perfectionism often...
