Aug 16, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
Send us Fan Mail https://youtu.be/t7cWB\_tsC4I In this episode of Psyched for Sanity, Dr. Parker and Dr. Doss…
Tara McKelvey-ParkerHost
Brendel DossHostWhat is it? What is perfectionism? It's not just high standards, although perfectionists do have high standards.
Is a person feels like they must gain worth or safety or belonging by doing well enough or meeting these high standards.
It's like, you know, my sense of safety and what I what I am worth and if I belong really depends on doing well at these certain things.
And that certainly was what drove, I think, all of my perfectionism around achievement in school.
And, you know, I got a Ph.D. and there's certainly some perfectionistic strivings, I think, underneath underneath my achievement.
What is it? What is perfectionism? It's not just high standards, although perfectionists do have high standards.
Is a person feels like they must gain worth or safety or belonging by doing well enough or meeting these high standards.
It's like, you know, my sense of safety and what I what I am worth and if I belong really depends on doing well at these certain things.
And that certainly was what drove, I think, all of my perfectionism around achievement in school.
And, you know, I got a Ph.D. and there's certainly some perfectionistic strivings, I think, underneath underneath my achievement.
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