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Unrealistically high standards
Many of us are pretty tough on ourselves. We set ourselves such high standards high
that even a saint might have difficulty in reaching them! And each time our performance
fails to reach these unrealistically high standards we mentally criticise ourselves
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Living by their rules
What is often occurring here is that we are living according to other's rules. Over the years, and particularly during our childhood years, we acquire lots of standards or 'rules to live by' from our parents, brothers or sisters, teachers, religious mentors, etc.
And, once acquired, we often accept these rules as being 'the right way' of doing
things. We don't subject them to on-
One result of this is that mature adults are often trying to live fulfilling lives
with the beliefs and standards of a 6-
... we have never updated our standards to suit our adult lifestyle.
Get it right!
So, for example, the childhood lesson to 'get it right every time' that's a pretty tough standard to try to live up to in adult life. As is the lesson: 'if a thing is worth doing it's worth doing right'
Trying to live up to these lessons or beliefs in adult life is going to ensure we don't try new things very often because to do so will guarantee that we fall short of our learned perfectionist tendency.
Don't upset people!
Other out-
We see the irrationally of our old beliefs
When they are brought out into the cold light of day we can usually see how irrational are these old legacy beliefs. But just doing that once or twice does not defuse them.
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How out-dated beliefs provoke self criticism
Unless I have challenged them my learned childhood beliefs will rule me. And every
time I transgress one of them I undermine my self esteem. I fall short of the impossibly
high inherited standards and, to try and get myself to meet these standards, I criticise
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If I rate myself against impossible or unrealistic standards and then continually
criticise myself this is going to result in on-
This builds, accumulates and ferments. And soon it becomes directed outwards, too. I am so annoyed with myself that I ‘take it out' on others and respond to their failings and misdemeanours with unnecessary fury.
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