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Teen Academic Pressure Worksheet
Required vs perfectionist add-ons
Academic pressure is one of the biggest drivers of teen anxiety and depression right now. This sheet separates what school actually requires from what perfectionism is adding.
The pressure — where is it coming from?
Parents, teachers, peers, self, cultural expectations, imagined future me
What school actually requires vs what I'm adding
Task
Actually required
What I've been doing
One "good enough" experiment
One thing I'll do to 80% instead of 100%, and see what happens
Perfect is a threat response
Perfectionism usually starts as 'don't disappoint them.' It stops feeding when someone says 'you don't have to.'