perfectionism Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/perfectionism/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:07:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Drawing the line between perfectionism and OCD https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/lifestyle/you-arent-really-ocd-youre-a-stereotype/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/lifestyle/you-arent-really-ocd-youre-a-stereotype/#respond Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:49:04 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=60179 People with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are stereotyped as being incredibly tidy, clean and organised. Everyone has heard someone joke about how they’re “so OCD”. Whether it's rearranging pencils in colour order or carrying hand sanitiser before the pandemic started.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/lifestyle/you-arent-really-ocd-youre-a-stereotype/feed/ 0 Perfectionism Damages Women (And It Starts With Young Girls) https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/perfectionism-damages-women-and-it-starts-with-young-girls/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/perfectionism-damages-women-and-it-starts-with-young-girls/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:29:17 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=56348 A recent study from the LEGO Group has revealed that 89 per cent of girls feel like they need to be perfect. A further 74 per cent of girls intentionally avoid tasks because they are afraid they won’t do them perfectly.

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