#perfectionistproblems

[thescholarlystrumpet]

me: wow these artists are So talented! how did they get so GOOD?? my brain: practice. me [ignoring that): I mean the skill, the details! such clean lines....how?? my brain: practicing. they do it over and over again me: I could never be that good... guess I'll just stop... my brain: JFC

[theyslgirl]

[winwinwinterb]

Always looking ahead to what's next instead of giving myself permission to be proud of my accomplishments. I'm trying to change that.

[centimetri]

So last night a psychiatrist told us that young people today are terrified of faliure because when they used to make mistakes in their childhood their parents lived that as a personal faliure in raising them, and children picked that up so, since they did not want to disappoint their mum and dad, they learnt that making mistakes = the end of the world

This is why the youth of today tends to be made up of (depressed) perfectionists

[rory-bor-e-alis]

The perfectionist in me when I’ve created something that is not quite perfect:

[as-per-jury]

I'm either an incapable little shit or gifted kid syndrome is a real thing

Either way, my depression has been immeasurably worsened by my AP Gov grade and I would like very much to hide in my closet until next Tuesday

[okayspicysad]

I’m currently running on two hours of sleep, suicidal thoughts, and an Oreo And I’m ready to fight God OR BECOME HIM

Just a crappy post on the topic of fatigue, a huge number of cases and damn perfectionism. So. A lot of people know this feeling that you have to do everything for maximum evaluation, even though it doesn't matter. It ruins me at the institute.There are so many interesting things to do, and at the same time, in order to draw something, create something, I need to do labs. In just two days I was able to write an image editor and an email application in c# (such a programming language). To the maximum rating. In two days. Something that is done in a few weeks. And now, instead of taking a break, I need to send my resume. And all this is seasoned with the need to finish drawing an animatic, writing an anti-spam bot and several additional scripts (do not forget about studying). How am I alive? I don't know. And yes, I just run away to finish everything further :)

[whytheheart]

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

John Steinbeck

[matixsstuff]

being perfectionist and an artist hits different (but in a painful way)

[desi-petrichor]

being a procrastinator but also a perfectionist is literal torture designed by satan. imagine being critical and obsessed with work that you haven't even started yet. imagine telling yourself to start something and make it perfect, but you're too lazy to get up and do it. imagine wanting to just finish the goddamn thing, but it has to be perfect, we need to go through and redo the whole fucking thing because it needs to be the best.

[mortalasystem]

The thought of college is so terrifying to me right now because I'm going into nursing. Everyone says how hard it is, how much studying it takes, and Im worried we aren't cut out for it at all. We're not the best studiers, we always put in so much effort for school, but we suck at studying. We had a nervous breakdown at the end of senior year from how much pressure we put on ourselves, how the hell will we make it through nursing school. Is this even right for us?

[blkgrlangst]

the perfectionist mindset is actually wild and can alter your reality because i was sooo positive i wasnt going to pass multiple classes but i did perfectly fine this semester and graduated with honors 💀

[winwinwinterb]

[dawnwithkrrr]

when you're a ten and your prof marks you nine

[sashanotsascha]

ily me

[pianistbynight]

The more I try to learn new songs as quickly as possible, the more I realize it's soooo hard to get things sounding exactly the way I want to on a consistent basis on the first serious attempt at learning...definitely not ready for a "perfect" performance or recording, not that such a thing exists for me because every time I come back to a piece I find *something* I could have changed to make it sound better and get the right feelings across. So all that being said, do you think I should just go for it, performing and recording the products of these first iterations of learning, knowing they will be imperfect?

🎹 Moonlight Sonata 1st movt