Perfectionism: Challenging the drive to be perfect 

Pushing ourselves to achieve five-star excellence can be exhausting. Prof Thomas Curran believes we need to look for a cultural change where being good enough is enough

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BEFORE we start, this isn’t about Instagram. When we think of perfectionism, it’s often around our immediate selves — wishing we were better looking, better earners, better parents.

Social media can amplify the niggling sense of not being enough or having enough, causing us to ceaselessly strive for more and better.