How does someone stop being a perfectionist?

When they reflect from themselves, when they know what they’re doing. That’s all I can say! Peace!

Dont try to be someone else…
just be satisfied of who you are!!
don’t try to be perfect.. cause nobody is..
try to improve ..it’s ok
but trying to be perfect produces jealousy and you will feel like you are better than others and will be full of urself… that will cause people to hate u …

sometimes perfectionists are usually around other perfectionists which makes it harder for them to break their cycle. it’s going to take practice. mentally, you need to learn to stop beating yourself up for things you think you didn’t do so perfectly. there’s a difference between perfection and excellence. you should say to yourself that you always strive for excellence. remember, excellence is not perfection.

Marry or partner someone who’s well grounded and sensible, they’ll soon knock some sense into you.

It`s okay to be a little bit of a neat freak/ perfectionist. Just try to catch yourself if it`s gonna slow you down of get in your way, things that you can get to later can wait.

1. Don`t always fix your typos.
2. Procrastinate a little bit.
3. Tell yourself it`s fine the way it is.

You stop by telling yourself, over and over again, that true perfection does not exist. Then you accept the flaws that are present within you and everyone else, and improve yourself (you can’t hope to improve anyone else, only yourself).

Tell yourself that you only want to be/do the best you can, not aspire to perfection, then try and relax. Accept that you’ll make mistakes, and try to learn from them.

Accept that making mistakes does not make you a bad, or less worthwhile person – it just makes you human.

Both self improvement and self perfection are quite closely related and I think, improvement comes through perfection.
As both require hard work and sincerity, so one should concentrate on working hard sincerely rather than analyzing them.

There’s an old Polish saying, which I made up, for situations where I do less than a perfect job, “Good it isn’t, but better it is ”
Now that my health prevents me from doing things perfectly and I have to be satisfied .with things done to less than my former standards, I regret the time I spent trying to do things perfectly. I should have used the time to enjoy life.Good luck

When you try to be a perfectionist you use your own efforts and begin to believe that you will never make the mark by your own standards…and you are perfectly right…that is a self defeating goal because you can never make the mark.

Humility is what keeps you believing that it is not you or your own efforts that keeps you but God’s. No matter what you do you will never be in a right relationship with Christ until you learn to surrender everything to Him and allow Him to teach and train you in His knowledge.

Let God tell you what to do. Do not do what you want to and then feel bad about it… put Him in the leading position and when you have done that when you fall , you will still be able to see His grace and accept the truth about His words… that if you confess He is faithful to forgive…than there should be no delay in your getting up again.

This does not mean to do as you please or stop trying… it simply means to change your perspective of how you go about trying to be in a right relationship with Him. Instead of saying ” I will do” say “Father may I?”. Stop focusing so much on what you want to accomplish and start focusing on what God wants to accomplish….pray without ceasing and constantly ask for His direction then go…

Ephesians 2:8-10

8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

God bless you richly

Perfectionism is like an affection, once you get it it’s too hard to get out of this but it’s not impossible, as much as you insist of changing yourself you can do it, but if you;re just pretending that you want to do it otherwise you think it’s not such a big deal to do it, so it won’t happen. It depends on the person.