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posted by dennisn on March 19th, 2011 at 10:35AM

Of course, there are positive aspects to perfectionism which weren't mentioned here.

I think those negative aspects are mainly a result of our current abusive society. As in all abuse cases, the victim (ie. students, kids) is forced to suppress or devalue his self-esteem, as a defensive survival mechanism, to gain the approval from his abuser (ie. state teachers, bad parents). Currently, the vast majority of kids are violently forced into a cage for an obscene amount of time and violently forced to obey their usually-incompetent abusers/teachers (who are themselves violent theives). Most of the time, this violence extends into the remaining hours at home with parents. Most kids are never allowed to be free. They grow up broken, incapable of self-determination and dependent on future masters. Their paralysis and constant self-deprecation (ie. under the guise of perfectionism) is a lasting behavioral scar from this obscene childhood abuse. (Which is still popular today :s.)

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