Obsessive with perfection in studies..

[Bloir]

Breaking papers by one letter wrong! again and again and ordering the books... Result is: Lost time and desperation because i can not stop this behavior

Someone else?

Obssesive people with studies, where are you?

We can!!

 

[Death Rider]

I'm at the other end of the spectrum. I fear I can't do it perfectly so I don't even try. This semester I have done absolutely NOTHING to study. Only attended class. So... Kind of the same problem here :>

 

[BlackPuma]

Not with studies, but I'm very obsessive about other things I deem important. Unfortunately there are too many thing for all of them to be done perfectly, leaving me with a dreadful feeling most of the time.

I do notice it bothers me less now then it did before, even though it does still bothers me like crazy.

 

[Bloir]

I'm at the other end of the spectrum. I fear I can't do it perfectly so I don't even try. This semester I have done absolutely NOTHING to study. Only attended class. So... Kind of the same problem here :>

Yes, that's the other face: If it is not perfect, i dont try

 

[Death Rider]

I suppose the trigger here is insecurity. If you don't feel financially safe - you will have a purpose, if you do - what's the point in trying something that gives you anxiety and is relatively not required? ;D

 

[Bloir]

I suppose the trigger here is insecurity. If you don't feel financially safe - you will have a purpose, if you do - what's the point in trying something that gives you anxiety and is relatively not required? ;D

That s totally true!! Insecurity!!

 

[Death Rider]

I's easyerf or you You at least have a purpose. All you need to do is work on your perfectionism. My task is to find a way to make myself try, to find a pleasurable outcome somewhere and then deal with perfectionism :>>

 

[JosephG]

Yep I am exactly the same. I'll make my notes look as neat as possible and if I make a mistake I end up throwing it away. It's such a waste of paper but I've gotten that used to not making mistakes now that it doesn't happen that often.

 

[stardreamer]

I'm so obsessed with getting perfect grades, and it's killing me... If I get a bad grade I spend days worrying about it.

 

[***deleted***]

I was, but then I realized I don't need a 4.0 to get into dental hygiene school. So now I half-ass, and still do pretty good, and I don't have a headache everyday

 

[superfluouslyme]

I used to be. I thought school was the only thing I was good at. But when I hit college, I found that I am good at other things. I also got my first C in a class (Honors Logic - go figure) and the world didn't end. I ended up getting one more C before getting out of college and I honestly didn't care by then. I just BS-ed my way through most of college.

 

[x000x]

If there is a subject that catches my attention I tend to want to know everything about it and I'll begin researching it online, but become frustrated not understanding which aspects I should study first. It's not a matter of finding the information, but a matter of me becoming angry because I can't sort out how it should be perfectly organized in order to be studied perfectly (I do other weird things with organization too). This usually leads to me not even learning much about the things I want to learn or do/become successful at and laying in bed just thinking about it and getting nowhere. It really ruins it for me.

I like competitive games, recently I started playing chess and while I've been learning things online in order to understand more about the game and improve, I have tried to keep myself from falling into my past habits. I also play a fighting game that I practice religiously and study for hours each day and I've been trying to break my obsessive habits in order to improve. I really enjoy learning about competition and theory based things in games - especially the ones I like such as: fighting games, chess, card games, speed solving rubik's cubes. But obsessing over organization of thoughts, finding the path to be the best at one of these things, perfecting each and every part of activity and learning everything about it overwhelms me at times and frustrates me to the point that I become tired and quit or never follow up on things. I also do this same thing with music. I enjoy composing music, and rarely finish or even start pieces due to this behavior.

 

[theslowesthand]

Although much better nowadays, my primary motive in almost everything I start/do is still perfection. In the past it was rather disabling (ie "dysfunctional perfectionism"), causing me to spend most of my spare time on perfecting my studies (homework, study notes/notebooks, studying, etc). I think maybe perfecting is one of the few pleasures that i have in life. But it still often leads me to become overwhelmed & worn-out, such as researching stuff on web (SO frustrating as there's ENDLESS links/pages, & often no single/perfect method to find out information, nor any single/perfect source, and the information itself is seldom single/perfect)

 

[Falkor]

I can sooo much relate to this!

I am crazy about working on my future, doing my homework, i'm obsessed about perfection!~
Wanna do everything right, no mistakes, happy with good marks.
I'm going to take classes in September, now I'm studying already about it.
I just want to make sure I'll get the best out of the year.
I pick computer science as my future career.
I don't see it as a bad thing, I'm happy I'm not someone who doesn't give a beep about school.
Buuut ok.. It is frustrating as hell, if things doesn't work out the way I want it to be.

 

[MrJones]

I used to be like this but then I realized that it's just not that important. I still work a lot to get good grades but now I'm more relaxed about it.

 

[Phoenixx]

I'm pretty obsessed with perfection in my studies too. If my notes have a bunch of scribbles in them, I rewrite them completely. Same thing with essays, even the rough draft. Yeah, rough drafts are supposed to be messy, but for some reason I feel "This isn't good enough" and I end up rewriting it all so it looks nice.