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Perfectionism Is a Mental Illness and It's Ruining My Life
- lutusp 13y agoA quote: "As described by psychologist Don Hamachek in a 1978 study, there are two strains of perfectionism: normal and neurotic." Who doesn't see that this is the usual psychology bullshit, "disease-mongering" as the British say, and worse, that it burdens the very personality type it describes. First, there is no such thing as abnormal behavior -- this psychological falsehood contradicts evolution by natural selection, a scientific theory in which all behavior is normal. Second, by labeling perfectionism abnormal, psychologists hope to attract perfectionists, who self-evidently care whether their behavior is or is not normal. But only a particular kind of perfectionist -- the kind who know nothing about science, who think psychology is a science, and who lack the insight to understand which aspect of their personality psychologists are exploiting.