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Optimal Living Daily · August 5, 2026 · 12m

4109: How Perfectionism Perpetuates Stress by Rachael Kable on Overcoming Perfectionism

In this narrated article, Rachael Kable explores how perfectionism quietly generates stress through procrastination, racing thoughts, and blown-out-of-proportion reactions to small mistakes. She describes the signs of perfectionist thinking and why it tends to reinforce the same negative patterns. Kable also shares the self-compassion practices that helped her notice and challenge her inner critic, offering a practical path for anyone exhausted by being their own harshest judge.

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Canon

The article outlines self-compassionate steps that helped Kable loosen perfectionism's grip.

Highlights

Perfectionism perpetuates stress through procrastination, racing thoughts, and catastrophic thinking
Rachael Kable explains how perfectionism quietly feeds stress, leading to procrastination, racing thoughts, and small errors feeling like disasters.
Noticing self-critical thoughts rather than believing them
Kable describes a turning point when she started to notice her self-critical thoughts instead of taking them as truth.

Misc

Kable describes a personal turning point when she began observing self-critical thoughts instead of believing them, which allowed her to gain distance from her inner critic.
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