Self-aware Millennial

<p>You know you're a performative perfectionist when:</p><ul><li>you beat yourself up for things that couldn't possibly be your fault</li><li>you go out of your way to make people who have hurt you more comfortable</li><li>you take every piece of feedback personally as an attack on your character</li><li>saying "no" feels like the worst thing that could possibly happen</li><li>you get defensive for making totally normal mistakes</li><p><b>Perfectionism is so damaging, not only because it creates an impossible standard to live up to but because it traps you in behaviors and thought patterns that convince you that you'll never be good enough.</b></p><p>The most damaging elements of living to perform and please and perfect are the need to get validation from others and the negative self-talk that comes with inevitable failures. By choosing to live in a perfectionist construct inste