We live in perfectionism when we have an interpretation that we need to be living high, often unattainable, standards. Standards are rules we live by that are often unexamined and adopted unconsciously. In order to break perfectionism, the first step is to identify standards. Let’s take an example of a teenager in school who is most often anxious, always striving to get straight As. There are two main stories driving the standard: Scenario 1. If we, as parents or teachers ar