I would like to eliminate the need for intense perfectionism. My life currently revolves around achieving perfection in every aspect of everyday life.
I beat myself up when I don't reach my ridiculously high goals. I constantly feel like I am not good enough. I want to overcome that feeling and like myself because I don't think I ever have.
As I get older, things get harder and my expectations of myself just get higher, but I seem to fail to meet them more and more. As this happens, I beat myself down more and more and hate everything about myself.
I want to love myself. How can I do this? I don't know. I think I have to take a step back and reflect from a logical point of view, trying to understand what really makes sense. Maybe I'll take the summer to work on myself. - high school student, Florida
