Too Perfect: When Being in Control Gets Out of Control - Softcover

Mallinger, Allan; Wyze, Jeannette De; De Wyze, Jeanette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722527861 ISBN 13: 9780722527863

Publisher: Thorsons, 1993

Synopsis

The rewards of perfection are obvious - success, financial security, the respect of family, friends and colleagues. But perfectionism comes at a price as perfectionists tend toward uncertainty, compulsive worrying, workaholism, emotional guardedness, stubborness, and the need to be above criticism. Setting excessively high standards only leads to disappointment, and rigidity often prevents us from enjoying life and forming healthy relationships. This book addresses the often painful and lonely world of those who are proud to call themselves perfectionists. It offers insights and practical ways of moving away from obsession towards a more relaxed and happier life.

About this title

About the Author

Jeannette Dewyze is a freelance journalist. She was a staff writer for the San Diego Reader for 30 years. She cowrote Too Perfect: When Being in Control Gets Out of Control with Allan Mallinger, M.D.

Allan Mallinger is a practicing psychiatrist in San Diego, California, and the coauthor of Too Perfect: When Being in Control Gets Out of Control.

From the Inside Flap

For many of us, perfectionism can bring life's most desired rewards. But when the obsessive need for perfection and control gets in the way of our professional and emotional lives, the cost becomes too high. Although many of us appear cool and confident on the outside, inside we are in emotional turmoil, trying to satisfy everyone, attempting to direct the future, and feeling that we are failing.
In TOO PERFECT, Dr. Allan Mallinger draws on twenty years of research and observations from his private practice to show how perfectionism can sap energy, complicate even the simplest decisions, and take the enjoyment out of life. For workaholics or neat freaks, for anyone who fears change or making mistakes, needs rigid rules, is excessively frugal or obstinate, TOO PERFECT offers revealing self-tests, fascinating case histories, and practical strategies to help us overcome obsessiveness and reclaim our right to happiness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722527861
• ISBN 13: 9780722527863
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224