Perfectionism Vs Perfectionism

Body image and beauty standards have changed drastically over the years. By establishing impossible standards of beauty and bodily perfection, the media drives people tobe dissatisfied with their bodies. This dissatisfaction can result in disorders of behavior as people try to achieve unreachable goals with unhealthy

Many extreme pressures exist in modern society which directly affect a large number of the population to the point of extremity. In an age of high technology, rapid development, and intense social pressure, the pressure to be the best of the best prevails. Many people succumb to the pressure in a variety of ways, some beneficial, and some detrimental. Eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa in part result from an intense pressure to achieve the perfect ideal body weight and physical appearance. Emphasis on being perfect begins early in childhood and continues to grow with age, sometimes so much that a personality takes on a perfectionistic drive affecting every aspect of

Do you push yourself to be the best? Do you get mad at yourself for not doing the best? Do you delay assignments till the last possible limit because of fear of rejection? Do you feel horrible when work isn’t done to your best ability of when minor failures seem like catastrophic ones? These are all signs of what is known as perfectionism (Pacht 1984). If you seem to agree with most of these things then you might be a perfectionist. According to Webster’s dictionary, it states that perfectionism is "a disposition which regards anything less than perfect, unacceptable." Many people in the world suffer from perfectionism. So is that case of Mike Bellah. His perfectionism lead him to a lifestyle where he lost

Exercise behavior is the study of theories which work to explain actions and phenomenon’s that occur when looking at peoples perspectives of exercise. One overall theory called The Transtheoretical model (TTM), includes elements from “across a variety of theories and models behavior, some of which are social-cognitive in nature and some of which are not” (79). The TTM describes five stages of behavior change: Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance. By using TTM as the base of multiple theories, a greater picture of exercise behavior is created to understand how individuals become interested and continue to make a life style that involves normal exercise.

I remember when I was fourteen years old I had seen a magazine with a gorgeous model that has an amazing body and I thought to myself "whoa this is a nearly impossible body to attain". Society pictures a specific body and labels it as the ideal body to achieve. Within our society we deal with a major issue that if you do not resemble the standards of beauty that society has set, then you are looked down upon. Society's expectations have a major effect on how I spend my leisure time because sometimes when all I want to do is enjoy a slice of pizza and watch a movie I push myself to the gym. The gym has become a major part of my life because whenever I feel life bringing me down I go to the gym and push harder than ever. According to statistics Canada, it is recommended that adolescents receive a total of sixty minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. My friend and I made going to

(2005) found with the questionnaire that body dissatisfaction was higher among non-athletes than with athletes. Schwarz, C., Gairrett, L., Aruguete, S., and Gold, S. (2005) research also suggested that athletes in judged sports, ex: diving or dancing, had a higher score in dieting than athletes in refereed sports. Finally, “we found a positive correlation between perfectionism and dieting, and perfectionism and bulimia.” (Schwarz, C., Gairrett, L., Aruguete, S., and Gold, S., 2005,

This quote greatly contradicts my story and the conflict within it. In my story, the main character, Leonard, has thoughts and intentions opposite of Josie. He never strives for perfectionism, because he feels he has no reason to. His mother doesn't care about him, he lives on his own, and his only friend is an old man who lives next door. The theme topic of perfectionism is non-existent due to his sarcastic outlook on the world and what people become as adults. Being something in high school means nothing in the grand scheme of things because everyone he sees ends up miserable as an adult. He doesn't care about grades and makes fun of the kids who do. Because he has no strong maternal figure to look after him or worry about him like Josie

How does exercise effect a person’s mood and perspective of themselves? What motivates or pushes an individual to exercise? How does exercise improve a person’s outlook on their life and themselves individually? How can exercise be psychologically & physically beneficial for an individual’s health? I am interested in this topic because I am really interested in sports and the whole concept of how our body functions anatomically and physiologically as we

Once the symptoms of exercise addiction are clearly identified in a patient, medical and health professionals should seek appropriate treatments tailored to find the source or route of their addiction (Lane, 2008). Additionally, these professionals must differentiate if the addiction occurs in the absence of an eating disorder. In some cases, an addiction to exercise is typically a dissatisfaction with the individual’s physical appearance. Under stress from this displeasure, exercise is rationalized as a positive solution to combat this instead of turning to other potentially addictive behaviors (Landolfi, 2012).

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. The clock ticked as time was running out for her to perform her floor exercise. The pressure to perform the perfect routine was high. She completed to the best of her ability, but failed to meet perfection. In the Olympic Games, perfection is symbolized by the gold medal. She is an excellent gymnast that had trained for years, but she could not reach perfection on the floor exercises as expected by society. Society has always had those who judge and criticize based on what others flaunt. Perfection to society in the Olympics is the highest degree of proficiency, skill, and excellence. Perfection is not something to be sought after as it establishes unreasonable standards, creates an obsession, and can create deeper insecurities.

Extreme disinterest in exercise may be explained by a Skinnerian behaviorist as an adaptive response that was never learned due to the absence of reinforcers. For example, a Skinnerian behaviorist might say, a person who is extremely uninterested in exercising never experienced a good feeling afterwards. Usually, people who exercise feel more energized afterward and this individuals lacks exercise interest because they have not been reinforced with post-exercise happiness.

Martinant and Ferrant (2007) aim to comprise clusters of athletes based on their anxiety and to compare them on their levels of perfectionism and self confidence. The authors used the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory - 2 and Sport-multidimensional perfectionism scale to gather results. The results determined five different clusters of athletes based on anxiety criteria. The subgroups not only separated by anxiety intensity and frequency, but also by direction of anxiety. For example, the anxious debilitators contained athletes with high somatic and cognitive anxiety levels with low anxiety direction, which resulted in a debilitating effect. Interestingly, the anxious facilitator group endured the same level of intensity and frequency, but directed their

For a long time, I feel unhappy with myself because I want to be the best of the best; ironically, having that mindset is making me not being the best of myself. Something needed to be done and the only person can do that is me. That is why I made myself a bucket list; lists of things I wanted to do before I die. Most of them are challenges that I wanted to face and others are doing things I never done before. The reason why I wanted to record it is because it kind of like making a vlog, I wanted to look back and see what I’ve accomplished instead of writing it down.

General recommendations are now widely accepted as to the general advantages of exercise in terms of physical health, such as its ability to prevent weight gain, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and osteoporosis.14 It appears that health promotion schemes have shied away from extolling exercise’s psychological benefits. After all, there is no government campaign, no public policy initiative, which pontificates exercise on account of a concern for mental wellbeing. Although many people would identify that exercise has a positive influence on mood state, it appears that, generally speaking, this is regarded as a positive correlation, rather than a causal relationship. The ‘healthy body, healthy mind’ concept is thus, for many, a heuristic utopia, rather than a scientifically proven

Perfectionism was measured with a multidimensional perfectionism scale (MPS) developed by Frost et al. (1990) 6 subscales is used to measure sub components of perfectionism