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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

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

Highlights

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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.
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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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