Is there such a thing as healthy perfectionism? | Alice Domar | TEDxAmherstCollege

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It is normal and healthy to want to achieve, to excel in what your passions. What is unhealthy is the constant quest for perfection in all areas of your life. There are numerous ways to transition from maladaptive to adaptive perfectionism, including physical approaches -- from relaxation strategies to psychological strategies.

Alice D. Domar, PhD is a pioneer in the application of mind/body medicine. Her research focuses on creating innovative programs to help decrease physical and psychological symptoms associated with stress.

She is the Executive Director of the Domar Centers for Mind/Body Health and an associate professor a tHarvard Medical School. She is a practicing psychologist, specializing in cognitive-behavior therapy with individuals and couples. She is a senior staff psychologist in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She did her post-doctoral training at Deaconess Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, and Children's Hospital all in Boston.


This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

コメント (21)
  • @kurama7
    This talk is so complete... it`s not just some story that happened to yourself but studies and solutions.... very nice
  • Thank you so much for doing this talk. It is very inspirational and I am so glad that I have came across this video.
  • this was such a good talk. i am so glad that i got to hear this!
  • Wooooooow! What a wonderful presentation!! You are such a grounded speaker. You are an intellectual, but you speak street and love. Thank you!
  • The last minute of this video hit me so hard. As the tears fell down my cheek, I realized that all those personal comments that were read off.... those are all things that make us beautiful, they make us good people & friends, they make us all - uniquely perfect! But the best thing about that list... those were all REAL attributes. What a wonderful talk.
  • @SU-II
    The mental process of a perfectionist drives the character of the person. A perfectionist's brain works in context of multitude of things and reasoning in one go. Think of it like a brain full of compartments being accessed by random memory using the fastest processor...giving the person a 10-step ahead kind of vantage point and trying to explain this to Windkws 95 users who just cannot understand because these users do not have the context. This has always been the gap and so a perfectionist must lesrn how to communicate differently to fix the problems of understanding. A perfectionist who cannot communicate will always be misunderstood leading to depression and deeper depression.
  • I burst into laughter at 13:24. At first I thought she's joking, then I realized she's serious about it. As a perfectionist, I would admit it does help, though it doesn't sound quite socially appropraite to speak it out loud. Anyone wanna share his/her thoughts here?
  • It’s disheartening to list to this and relish the speech but then hear absolutely terrible dietary advice that puts an asterisk next to the presentation.
  • @ScottWDoyle
    Couldn't watch it. Less than two minutes in, and I was subjected to two long ads. Not worth it!
  • quit three minutes in, too focused on one gender like that was all that mattered.
  • It’s disheartening to list to this and relish the speech but then hear absolutely terrible dietary advice that puts an asterisk next to the presentation.