The modern problem with pursuing perfection
By Ben Tinker, CNN
Updated 3:04 AM ET, Tue January 9, 2018
(CNN)"Perfection, by definition, is an impossible goal, and that's the first thing to say."
So says a man who would know: Thomas Curran, a social psychologist whose area of expertise is perfectionism. He's been studying the idiosyncratic personality trait for years.
Curran is the lead author of a study, published last month in the journal Psychological Bulletin, that found "the drive to be perfect in body, mind and career" has risen over the past few decades. He says it's not just the result of parents pushing their children harder than ever before but rather a larger shift in ideology at a societal level.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/health/perfection-mental-health-study-intl/index.html
