MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'imperfection'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:56:39 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139880&cid=t_252517_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F16%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-16-2011%2F Our society has an unshakeable desire to be “normal.” Whatever normal means. In fact, I have forsaken my own truth at times, because the idea of being normal, problem-free, low-maintenance, unencumbered by illness or age seemed too attractive not to embrace. But the fact is whether you’re dealing with chronic pain, physical or mental illness, financial issues or weight gain, being free of life and all of its abnormalities is near impossible. Why are we trying to hide ourselves in an effort to be perfect and illness free? I realized this after seeing friends I hadn’t seen in a decade. While at first burdened that my life had veered too far from normal (in both my personal and professional choices), I finally had to laugh at myself. I realized that all this pressure t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139880 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:37:01 +0100 5139880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294710&cid=t_252517_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F27%2Faccepting-imperfection%2F Professional organizer Debbie Jordan Kravitz was a perfectionist through and through. “I’ve struggled with perfectionism all my life. Between having parents with perfectionistic tendencies and my own people-pleasing and competitive nature, it’s been a part of me for as long as I can remember,” she said. As a wife and mom of two young kids, her perfectionism seeped into everything, no matter how big or small. She dwelled on her flaws and failures — defined essentially as “anything less than perfect.” But as any perfectionist truly knows, perfectionism is unreachable. It sabotages your self-image, squashes your satisfaction and turns life into a series of disappointments. In the book The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Wh... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294710 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:36:23 +0100 4294710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294711&cid=t_252517_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F26%2F8-ways-to-pitch-perfectionism%2F Although it can lead to imperfect — or even damaging — consequences, many of us strive for perfection anyway. Procrastination, ironically enough, is one of those unfortunate consequences. “In our pursuit of unreachable standards, we endlessly spin our wheels rather than move forward. In some cases, we never even start. The quest for perfection can be so intimidating that our productivity screeches to a halt,” said Debbie Jordan Kravitz, professional organizer and author of Everything I Know About Perfectionism I Learned from My Breasts. For some people, perfectionism can become all-consuming, so “reaching perfection is all they can see, feel, want or even need,” she said. Fear of failure is part of perfectionism. It stops us from seeking adventure and exploring... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294711 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:57:21 +0100 4294711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4258923&cid=t_252517_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F14%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-december-14-2010%2F Not to worry you, but did you know it’s less than 2 weeks until Christmas? Ack! If I freaked you out, I apologize. I nearly gave myself a panic attack when I realized it myself. But then, I thought about something. As you’re racing through the stores to find the “perfect” gift for your children or thumbing through cookbooks for the “perfect” Christmas dinner, think back to your Christmases in the past. When I recalled my holidays as a child, I don’t remember what we ate for dinner or what toys I got. Somehow the holidays are wrapped up in a pretty bow of imperfection, of days that I fought and made up with a parent, or the quiet time spent with a spouse. I was surprised that not even the image of a Christmas tree made it into my top holiday memorie... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4258923 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:24:33 +0100 4258923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831398&cid=t_252517_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F06%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-6-2010%2F I remember being in my early twenties sitting in my beat-up Nissan right in the peak of traffic hour. I had no air conditioning. The music was not on. I think the only people who owned cell phones back then were doctors and dentists. It was so hot that my palms were sweaty and slippery against the hot steering wheel. The unforgiving heat from the cars all around me felt suffocating. This was an ordinary day and I was just on my way home from work. I would not have remembered it other than the fact that I had an extraordinary experience sitting there being very ordinary. Suddenly, I just felt plain loved. I felt grateful for being me, for every hardship I had ever endured, for every fear I had, for every imperfection that made me unique. In the midst of all that traffic while people were ho... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831398 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:23:27 +0100 3831398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108397&cid=t_252517_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F20%2Fthe-dysfunctional-holiday-letter%2F From Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid: The Movement of Imperfection” by Gina Gallagher and Patricia Konjoian: It’s been a banner year! We began by getting a new minivan complete with a navigation system. It’s been a lifesaver! We have the routes to all the nearest hospitals and pharmacies pre-programmed. With the time we’ve saved from printing out directions, I’m now able to spend some time knitting. I’m just starting out but I made little Rebecca a new sock to chew on. (This has really helped her stop chewing the couch.) John is doing well. He landed a third job hauling trash, which helps cover all our psychiatric co-pays. We are so proud of Little Bobby. During his last incarceration, he received the prison’s coveted Inmate of the Month award for h... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108397 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:00:39 +0100 3108397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598425&cid=t_252517_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Flost-leader.html It's summer time and the living is tricky, so I only have a whizzy quicky fix this week.The problem?How to rid my household of the less than perfect. We have quite a lot of "less than perfect" around here, a thoroughly disgraceful ratio of good to bad. But what to do with all the "rejects?"Simple.Photograph the perfect next to the imperfect. Mark with a tick and a cross to help some people see the fault that is all to obvious to my family. Figure out the right price for the "perfect" deduct 25cents and then offer one perfect and one imperfect at 25 cents to the clientele with one rule:-if you buy the "perfect" then please also buy the imperfect, buy both.It's a gimmick but ever so gradually we are whittling down the reserves of imperfect stacked in the garage.And yes you're right. Whilst w... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598425 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:08:00 +0100 2598425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453000&cid=t_252517_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fchocolate-coronary-cake.html 16 ounce tub of Cream Cheese at room temperature6 ounces of Graham crackers crushed4 ounces of butter [salted]16 ounces of milk chocolateMethod:-Melt the chocolateMelt the butter stir into the chocolateAdd the cream cheese and stirTip in the cracker crumbs and stirPour into an old ice cube tray lined with cling film / saran wrap.Chill until coldTurn out onto a plate and pull off the plastic.Slice no wider than your pinky finger.This is a chef’s original. It was supposed to be chocolate cheesecake but when I checked, we only had half the ingredients. Then I thought…..chocolate, crumbs, butter, cream cheese………… how bad can it be?Yes he was completely speechless at first bite, but the victory dance that followed said it all.If you enjoy caption competitions and photographs, you ma... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453000 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:56:00 +0100 2453000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1470081&cid=t_252517_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fthe-spirituality-of-imperfection%2F I have been sober over 24 years and studied all the usual Alcoholics Anonymous books plus many peripheral books about AA. This book has renewed my quest for my ‘spiritual aims’ in a way that is both satisfying and challenging. I’d recommend it to all who may have been in the program quite a while or may have become moribund with time. These are extracts of reviewer comments on the wonderful book ‘The Spirituality of Imperfection’. Although it reinforces the validity of the 12-step recovery approach, this intelligent and wide-ranging book has an undeniable appeal to anyone with the yearning to understand more deeply the nature of spirituality. It is filled with stories from a variety of cultures, and so many of the tales have stayed with me for weeks now. Some of the points ar... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1470081 Tue, 27 May 2008 12:32:44 +0100 1470081