Bill
04-11-08, 03:40
I picked up a pile of washing the other day, put the lot in the washing machine, switched on and went to sort the dry washing.
To my horror, I found I'd forgotten to put in one item - a sock!:D
Well, some may say it was only a sock but to a perfectionist that one sock missed would probably trigger their anxiety!
What I'm trying to say is if we try to make everything perfect, when something isn't, it'll cause anxious feelings so try not to be rigid, allow yourself to make mistakes, to be not perfectly right or to forget things because even accepting one sock to be left out can help to ease anxiety in every other aspect because we learn to accept we can't always be perfect. :hugs:
To my horror, I found I'd forgotten to put in one item - a sock!:D
Well, some may say it was only a sock but to a perfectionist that one sock missed would probably trigger their anxiety!
What I'm trying to say is if we try to make everything perfect, when something isn't, it'll cause anxious feelings so try not to be rigid, allow yourself to make mistakes, to be not perfectly right or to forget things because even accepting one sock to be left out can help to ease anxiety in every other aspect because we learn to accept we can't always be perfect. :hugs: