Mistakes are the scabs perfectionists love to pick, even if they make us bleed + leave a heinous scar that only we can see. Find out the top 5 reasons perfectionists are conditioned to be like moths drawn to the flame of mistakes, why overthinking mistakes feels like an addiction to your brain, the RIGHT way to handle mistakes so you don't keep making the same ones on repeat, even if you're in a high-stakes career where precision is a MUST.

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Listen to the full episode to hear:

How Perfectionistic patterns skew your ability to accurately see your mistakes
Why your brain is OBSESSED with overthinking every small mistake (hint, it involves dopamine)
Getting more upset over a random TikTok comment than celebrating your big wins begins to make sense

"Dopamine is not the feel good neurotransmitter. It's the predictor hormone. What makes us feel good is the certainty it brings. Obsessing over your mistakes. You know how you're going to feel. Yes, you're going to feel crappy, but it's the crappy that you can count on." - CLG, On Why Perfectionists Continue To Obsess Over Their Mistakes

EPSISODE 190 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00-Introduction to Perfectionism Rewired

01:43-Cringeworthy Moment When My Obsession Over Small Mistakes Injured My Career

02:26-When You Get 100 Gold Stars But All You Can Think About Is the 1 Nastygram

03:05-Top Five Reasons Perfectionists Are Conditioned To Handle Mistakes Wrong

04:48-How Mistakes Are Like The Weather

05:50-Penalized For Mistakes As A Kid + Stuff Taken Away

06:25-The Correct Way To Obsess Over Mistakes

07:00-WHY am I obsessed with this every small mistake? I should be happy

07:12-You believe the mistakes mean something deeper about you

07:57-Your Reticular Activating System Is Trained To Fetch All Your Mistakes

08:13-How Neurosculpting Rewires Your Pattern + Gives You Better Sources of Dopamine

08:35-Your Career Demands Precision + is High-Stakes

09:11-How To Turn Those 'oops' Moments into Enjoyable A-HA Moments

Perfectionism Rewired is committed to truth and accuracy through a perfectionist affirming lens, offering cutting-edge research on perfectionism, interoception + neuroscience, for the practical perfectionist who wants to enjoy the life they've worked so hard to create.

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