
Perfectionism and its relation to anxiety and self-hatred
What is classed as perfectionism? Perhaps we all have a desire within us to succeed and thrive in what we enjoy doing. We can all have high ambitions and look for a drive to pursue our goals, but this is different from perfectionism. You may think the desire to succeed includes perfectionism, and that may well be true, but perfectionism goes even further and demands you to be the best, to be perfect. This can bring a huge amount of anxiety because you expect yourself to be pe