Inner Critic

What Is... Series (Insights into Psychology)

What Is… Perfectionism

In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychological terms. This week’s term is perfectionism. Perfectionism involves self-defeating thoughts and behaviours associated with unrealistic expectations of flawlessness. This causes significant levels of stress and feelings of failure, and it contributes to the use of maladaptive coping mechanisms. It can involve a […]

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What Is... Series (Insights into Psychology)

What Is… Shame vs. Guilt

In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychological terms. This week’s terms are shame and guilt. Guilt and shame are sometimes used synonymously, but they’re actually two distinct constructs that focus on different things being bad or wrong. Both are social emotions in that they arise from the way we

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