How to Overcome Perfectionism and the Anxiety it Causes Workshop Quiz

Name

True

False

Adaptive and Maladaptive

Positive and Negative

Constructive and Destructive

Realistic and Abstract

Try to be the opposite

Think that you are already perfect

Realize that nobody is perfect

Do not think about it

Already be perfect

Put in less effort so you’ll be less stressed

Complete your project perfectly the first time

Get started and allow your work to make a mess; it can be improved later.

Have no stress at all

Pressure yourself to do better

Work with a deadline

Work with no deadlines

Be perfect every time

Improve a tiny bit each time

Force yourself to improve tremendously each time

Do not improve at all

Don’t compare yourself against others

Measure your success against everyone around you

Make yourself be as perfect as your friends

Think that you are the best