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Perfectionism

How can we detect unhealthy perfectionism in adolescence?

We must be aware of the unhealthy manifestation of perfectionism at a stage such as adolescence, a time when it can negatively influence:

  • Academic field : they are brilliant students, who study obsessively, work longer hours than anyone else and are very organized.
  • Sports : They dedicate a lot of time to sports, with a high sense of competitiveness and low tolerance for frustration. They are people who, if they believe they cannot win, no longer participate.
  • Social sphere : they are people with a high interest in meeting expectations in order to please and have the approval of others. With a high fear of being judged or judged negatively by other people.
  • Physical sphere : people obsessed with having a normative body according to current canons that advocate thinness, which they understand to be a "perfect and ideal body."