The 12 Step Perfectionist Recovery Program

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  There is no room for mistakes

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• 2.
  You have a very specific manner in which things should be done

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• 3.
  You have an all-or-nothing approach. It’s either you do everything well, or you don’t do it at all. Everything in between is a no-go.

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  It’s all about the end result. You don’t care what happens in between or what it takes to achieve the goal. You just want to ensure that the end result is attained; otherwise you’d feel annoyed, devastated.

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• 5.
  You are extremely hard on yourself. It doesn’t matter if it’s due to your fault or just one small thing - you’re always quick to beat yourself up and feel extremely bad about a mistake for a long, long while.

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• 6.
  You become depressed when you don’t achieve your goals. You often mull over outcomes that don’t turn out as envisioned. You keep wondering “What if?”

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• 7.
  You have extremely high standards. At one point, you become held back by these standards as you procrastinate and stop working on your goals out of fear that you can’t reach them.

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  Success is never enough. Even when you achieve X, you want 2X. You are rarely content with the status quo and you keep wanting to see more and better things.

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  You procrastinate just to do something at the “right” moment. You are constantly waiting for the “right” moment to work on your goals.

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• 10.
  You constantly spot mistakes when others don’t see any. While this can simply mean that you’re just very detail-oriented, perfectionists often spot mistakes, issues, from a mile away. Sometimes they seem self-imagined.

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• 11.
  You often spend copious amounts of time just to perfect something.

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Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Natural Human Being

  You fall in the normal human range of looking at life.
• 2.
  Heightened Actions

  Your senses are heightened about what you make your actions mean. I invite you to look at the sentences that scored higher than 5. Can you think of specific examples in your life where you are triggered? How does this play out? Is this preventing you from living the life that you really want? I will send you an email with some worksheets if you desire to observe this relationship with perfectionism and self.
• 3.
  Affecting Perfectionism

  Perfectionism is affecting your life that is preventing you from fully experiencing the joy that is available to you. I am so pleased that you are here and taking advantage of your membership here. Becoming a recovered perfectionist will take work, but it is totally worth it. You have me, this program, these tools and worksheets to support you. I encourage you to plan time in your schedule to work through this program and implement these in your daily life. Recovery is 100% possible. I would love to send you a copy of my perfectionist recovery program and give you some techniques as you continue on your journey of self.