Perfectionism is like rigged carnival games

From Caroline Fleck’s Validation: The New Psychology of Influence:

Perfectionistic standards are like rigged carnival games. They’re presented as easy and within reach when they’re actually impossible and unattainable. People who are expected by others, or expect themselves, to achieve perfectionistic standards are trapped in a nonsensical world where normal and difficult are confused with perfect and easy.

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