{"id":359,"date":"2011-01-09T17:06:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T01:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T06:26:38","slug":"letting-go-of-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/letting-go-of-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting go of perfection…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the motivating forces behind eating disorders is the drive to be perfect. People hope for a perfect body, perfect eating habits, flawless skin,\u00a0 trying to act perfect by always saying the right thing, they try to keep a perfectly clean home and car, and\u00a0 on and on and on– whatever the individual definition of perfection is . The problem is of course, that nobody is perfect so in the strive for perfection, failure is inevitable.\u00a0 Often, because of that, trying becomes a frustrating let down, as well as a horrible blow to self esteem. “I messed up, therefore I’m a failure, I suck, I’m a horrible person…” and descent into depression or further into eating disorder behavior, or other compulsive behaviors follow.\u00a0 Some people have such high expectations of themselves that they feel paralyzed. They can barely function because their belief of what they have to be is unattainable so they figure “why bother?”and live in a stuck place where they are unable to go forward with their lives because they hate themselves so much for what they are not. Other people are not so dichotomous and strive toward perfection, but punish themselves when they fail. Like people who have very rigid eating regimens and so if they eat something off their plan they binge, and figure they’ll start all over again the next day. Or they might punish themselves by purging or doing excruciating exercise.<\/p>\n

Letting go of the myth of perfection is not easy. So many folks have their heads wrapped around that goal that they believe their lives will be meaningless without it.<\/p>\n