I've never sought it or worried about it! I've always tried my best to do my best but beyond that? No worries. Not once.
I think perfectionists beat themselves up a lot and always keep trying to achieve perfect.
I wonder what would happen if a perfectionist became PERFECT? Never made mistakes? Would would he/she strive for then if perfection were the ordinary everyday typical standard?
I respect your right to disagree, however, what I said is true. Doctors, psychologist, and psychiatrists all agree. I may have took it to the OCD level, as that's where I am.
Ok, my cancer analogy was simply meant to show that even if they performed some glorious feat, they would still find it not "perfect" enough.
There are quite a few perfectionists in the world. Not all of them are perfectionists to the same degree.
We all tend to focus on the not-so-perfect aspects of things around us. To others it may be less than a minor blemish, but to us they're glaring "flaws". When someone comes over to visit unexpectedly, how often do we tell them to "ignore things" - dust, unwashed dishes in the sink, an unmade bed, and such. It could be to them that our house looks immaculate (in comparison to than theirs), yet to us it's flawed. Now, most people who come to visit don't mind these things, as they have them too. Yet the first thing we do is draw their attention to the "flaws" (dust, dishes in the sink, our unmade bed).
(example) "How do you like how we remodeled our bathroom? Please ignore that big dent in the counter. Thats where "someone" dropped a paint can." We may have never seen that teeny tiny blemish had they not drawn our attention to it. All we saw was a gorgeous remodel job
Shuhak 