Perfectionism

Perfectionism is like having a gremlin on your shoulder

Constantly pushing you to do things a certain way even if you don't want to.

It’s having to roll over and over a huge boulder

To the top of the hill just to get showered with insults out of the blue. 


It's the overwhelming and constant cough of criticism

That never stops haunting you in your dreams. 

It's making a silly mistake and getting crushed under thoughts so silly, sometimes grim,

Or like chasing a carrot just out of reach on a whim.


It’s like a voice resonating inside your head

Telling you all your ideas are crazy or ill-fated,

Making you feel like you're living in quicksand instead

Where stifling exhaustion is something that's constantly debated. 



--Nick Quinn, @lost_soul_remnants on Instagram, 28/12/2023

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Theme : Self, Others -- Psychology