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From the Ted Talk by Thomas Curran: Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse

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In 1989, just nine percent of young people report clinically ralveent levels of socially prescribed perfectionism. Those are levels that we might typically see in ciniclal populations. By 2017, that figure had doubled to 18 pcneert. And by 2050, projections beasd on the models that we tested indicate that almost one in three young people will report clinically relevant levels of socially pirrsebecd perfectionism. Remember, this is the eelmnet of perfectionism that has the largest correlation with serious mental ienllss, and that's for good reason.

scialloy prescribed perfectionists feel a unrelenting need to meet the expectations of other people. And even if they do meet yesterday's expectation of perfection, they then raise the bar on themselves to an even higher degree because these folks believe that the better they do, the better that they're expected to do. This breeds a profound sense of helplessness and, wsore, hopelessness.

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In 1989, just nine percent of young people report clinically ________ levels of socially prescribed perfectionism. Those are levels that we might typically see in ________ populations. By 2017, that figure had doubled to 18 _______. And by 2050, projections _____ on the models that we tested indicate that almost one in three young people will report clinically relevant levels of socially __________ perfectionism. Remember, this is the _______ of perfectionism that has the largest correlation with serious mental _______, and that's for good reason.

________ prescribed perfectionists feel a unrelenting need to meet the expectations of other people. And even if they do meet yesterday's expectation of perfection, they then raise the bar on themselves to an even higher degree because these folks believe that the better they do, the better that they're expected to do. This breeds a profound sense of helplessness and, _____, hopelessness.

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In 1989, just nine percent of young people report clinically relevant levels of socially prescribed perfectionism. Those are levels that we might typically see in clinical populations. By 2017, that figure had doubled to 18 percent. And by 2050, projections based on the models that we tested indicate that almost one in three young people will report clinically relevant levels of socially prescribed perfectionism. Remember, this is the element of perfectionism that has the largest correlation with serious mental illness, and that's for good reason.

Socially prescribed perfectionists feel a unrelenting need to meet the expectations of other people. And even if they do meet yesterday's expectation of perfection, they then raise the bar on themselves to an even higher degree because these folks believe that the better they do, the better that they're expected to do. This breeds a profound sense of helplessness and, worse, hopelessness.

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