They're coming...
It's no use denying it anymore. You've seen the signs. You know, the one kid in your first period that never seems quite all there. The coworker that randomly growls and snarls at things. The friend that has a weird obsession with dissection videos on YouTube?
…No?
Okay, then. Maybe you’re oblivious. Regardless, you need to be ready for when the dead start walking. Don't let your mental blocks be the reason you succumb to the undead. Keep scrolling for the Perfectionist's Guide to the Apocalypse."
Table of Contents
The Outbreak
The apocalypse typically starts with some idiot scientist messing with something they shouldn’t have, right? Perfectionism kind of starts the same way. A person (typically a child) is living their life, and then some Outside Force (typically society or well-meaning parents) comes along and essentially tells the person they’re not good enough.
They mess with something that didn’t necessarily need to be messed with.
Adapt and Overcome
The movie “Zombieland” features a protagonist that lives by a set of rules to keep him alive in the apocalypse. Since he’s not dead by the end of the movie, they must be pretty decent pieces of advice, right? So, let’s take a few of them and use them for our perfectionism before America becomes the “United States of Zombieland.”
Featuring rules number 1, 22, and 17!
Keep From Going Stir Crazy
Surviving in an apocalypse isn't all just killing zombies and finding food, you know. There's a difference between surviving and living, and that's where these handy little things called "coping mechanisms" come in.
Like the zombie virus, perfectionism isn't something that just goes away. You find ways to live around it, so it's not the only thing consuming your thoughts, day after day. Click one of the pictures below for a tool to help you manage your perfectionism.
