Do you often feel that you are 'not good enough'? Always tangled with the details and it is difficult to relax? You are obviously doing well, but you are still not satisfied with your performance? If these descriptions make you empathize with it, then you are likely to have a perfectionist tendency in your personality, especially those with the 'Turbulent' traits in the MBTI personality test, which are more likely to be troubled by perfectionism.
This article will deeply analyze how perfectionism affects different personality types, especially the turbulent personality in MBTI, helping you to understand, understand, and gradually improve this 'self-competitive' model, learn to 'allow yourself to be imperfect', and find a more balanced and efficient growth path.
What is a turbulent personality? Why are they prone to perfectionism?
The MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) personality test further divides each personality into assertive (MBTI-A) and turbulent (MBTI-T) . Turbulent personality is also called anxiety personality. Compared with confident personality, turbulent personality is more likely to be dissatisfied with their own performance. They are always paying attention to their shortcomings and constantly trying to improve - this is an advantage, but when 'improvement' becomes 'demanding', they may go to extremes.
They often set too high and nearly impossible goals. If it fails to achieve it, it will fall into deep frustration and self-criticism. The way of thinking of a turbulent personality is usually black or white: either perfect or failure. This obsession with 'perfection' is actually essentially different from the pursuit of 'excellence'.
If you want to know whether you are a turbulent personality, you can try PsycTest Quiz's official free MBTI test , which has high accuracy and detailed analysis, helping you to deeply understand your personality traits.
Types of perfectionism: not just sorting control or detail control
In the official website of PsycTest Quiz (psychtest.cn), we found that many users will leave messages to mention similar questions after completing MBTI tests: 'Am I pursuing perfection too much?' In fact, there are far more than one way to express perfectionism. A turbulent personality may manifest in the following forms:
1. Material perfectionism
This type of people often meticulously perform tasks, such as working document format, room sorting, and even posting a Moments for a long time. Their obsession with 'procedural correctness' and 'details are in place' can easily lead them to inefficiency and continuous internal friction.
2. Existential Perfectionism
This type of people pursues perfection more in the matter of 'being a person'. They desire to be better people, more ideal partners, and more selfless friends, but they often ignore the imperfection of human nature itself. They are prone to deep self-blame because of a negative emotion or an impulse statement.
3. Frustrated Perfectionism
Some turbulent personalities pursued perfection when they were young, but later they chose to give up completely because of repeated setbacks. They still think that 'either perfect or failure', but because they realize that they can never meet that standard, they simply start to belittle themselves, procrastinate, and even stop trying at all. This is a kind of 'attitude perfectionism', which is manifested as 'I can't do it well anyway, so I won't do it.'
4. Selective perfectionism
Some turbulent personality is not perfectionistic in all aspects, but is extremely demanding on oneself in specific situations, such as being particularly anxious about exams, public speaking, romantic relationships, etc. These details in personality tests can help us further judge - more in-depth personality analysis can be obtained in MBTI's advanced personality profile .
Crisis of turbulent personality: procrastination, internal friction and self-negation
The biggest side effect of perfectionism is often not 'doing badly', but 'not starting to do it at all.' When a turbulent personality realizes that he cannot do perfection, it is easy to procrastinate and escape, and eventually turns into a chronic inaction.
This type of procrastination is not due to laziness, but from deep fear: fear of exposing imperfection and fear of self-negation brought about by failure. In the long run, a psychological model of 'high expectations + low actions' will be formed, which will make people fall into deep internal friction and greatly reduce the quality of life.
Related free psychological tests:
- Perfectionism Psychological Test｜Test whether you have pathological perfectionism tendencies
- Procrastination Online Test: Assessing Your Procrastination Based on the General Procrastination Scale
- General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) Online Test
How to reconcile perfectionism? 5 practical strategies
1. Control anxiety, not eliminate it
Turbulent personality usually has strong anxiety, but anxiety is not the enemy. Moderate anxiety can increase alertness and motivation. The goal is not to be “totally unanxiety”, but not to let anxiety dominate behavior . Through meditation, exercise, mindfulness training or psychological counseling, it can effectively reduce the feeling of oppression caused by anxiety.
2. Correct the 'black or white' way of thinking
The binary oppositional way of thinking 'either full score or zero score' is a trap for perfectionists. Try to replace it with more inclusive and intermediate discourse, such as: 'Although there are shortcomings this time, I have made efforts and have improved more than before.'
3. Deliberately practice 'imperfection'
Try to consciously do some 'imperfect' things in life, such as deliberately not folding the quilt or writing an unmodified circle of friends. The speaker can even deliberately say 'a little nervous' at the beginning, which will make the whole speech more natural and real, and more popular.
4. Practice self-tolerance and forgiveness
Turbulent personality is often tolerant of others and harsh on oneself. Learn to say to yourself: 'I have tried my best' and 'I don't need to be perfect to be worthy of recognition.' You can start by writing a diary and self-affirmation practice to gradually establish a sense of self-identity.
5. Distinguish between 'pursuing excellence' and 'pursuing perfection'
The biggest difference between the two is that the former has an end point and is achievable; the latter is endless and demanding. Perfection cannot be defined or achieved, and the pursuit of it will only lead to persistent frustration and negation.
Summary: Perfectionism is not a driving force, but a 'trap goal'
The turbulent personality has its own genes of self-reflection and pursuit of progress in the MBTI personality model, which is an advantage. But when this trait evolves into a way of thinking that 'only to achieve the ultimate is worthy of existence', it may become a shackle that harms oneself.
Want to know more clearly whether you are a turbulent personality and which type of 16 personality are you? You can quickly obtain professional and scientific personality analysis through PsycTest Quiz's official free MBTI test portal . If you already know your personality type, it is recommended to further view the MBTI Advanced Personality Profile , which contains more professional and in-depth personality development suggestions and practical tools to help you truly achieve personalized growth.
Perfection is not a goal, but an illusion. Learning to live in peace with your imperfect self may be truly powerful.
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