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episode 193: What Perfectionists Worry About Isn't The Problem *This* Is
Your Perfectionistic Brain does NOT work the way you think it does. Your brain predicts *almost* everything you feel, think, do, and when it gets it wrong, it's called a prediction error. Get up to speed on prediction errors and how speaking Interoception will save your sanity as a perfectionist and might just change your life.
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PERFECTIONISM REWIRED EPISODE 193 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00-Introduction
01:33-Misinformation About Perfectionism + How Your Brain Works
01:47-Perfectionist Solutions Methodology Credibility and Scientific Citations
03:06-IRL Perfectionist Client Testimonial: Overcoming Perfectionism
04:33-Ruminating Perfectionist Thinking
04:50-Perfectionist Misinterpretations in Professional Settings
05:27-Perfectionist's Parenting Concerns and Self-Judgment
05:42-Personal Impact of Perfectionist Thoughts
05:57-Physical Manifestations of Perfectionist Anxiety
06:18-Misunderstood Perfectionist Fears
06:33-Boss's Positive Feedback Contrasting Perfectionist Prediction Error
06:55-The Role of Brain Predictions in Perfectionist Thoughts
07:21-Examining Sensory Data's Influence on Perfectionism
07:31-Perfectionist Tendencies in Analyzing Mistakes
07:55-The Role of Prediction Errors in Perfectionist Anxiety
08:14-Science of Prediction Errors and Perfectionism
08:39-Effectiveness of Predicting and Correcting in Perfectionism
09:00-Brain's Predictive Processes and Perfectionism
09:25-Reducing Uncertainty: Brain's Metabolic Efficiency
09:28-Trippy Example of Brain's Prediction In Action
09:36-Sensory Integration and Brain's Construction of Wetness
10:06-Brain's Reality Construction Using Memories and Sensory Data
10:18-Brain's Use of Sensory Data to Construct Reality
10:56-Brain's Sensory Data Interpretation
11:11-Brain's Guesswork in Processing Sensory Data
11:24-Intristic Neural Network and Need for Quick Decision-Making
11:49-Your Role in Interpreting Sensory Data
11:53-Why Interoception Is Pivotal Perfectionists
13:01-Difficulties in Implementing Interoceptive Skills
13:28-Overcoming the Difficult Phase in Learning New Skills
13:55-Importance of Perfectionist Interoception
14:17-Perfectionists’s Role vs Brain’s Role in Interoception
14:27-Are you Interoceptive Illiterate?
14:41-Human Brain's Millisecond Decision-Making
14:59-Brain's Predictive Nature
15:12-Linking Perfectionism to Brain Predictions
15:35-Dopamine as the Predictor Neurotransmitter
15:52-Where Do Predictions Come From?
16:14-Curating Your Perfectionist Information Diet
16:29-Impact of Global PR and Information Control
16:52-Profitability in Keeping Perfectionists Stuck, Suck + Sick
17:11-Empowering Perfectionists for Change
17:50-How To Improve Your Perfectionist Prediction Errors
18:13-Real-Life Scenario and Prediction Errors
18:30-Misinterpretation of Communication
18:44-The Importance of Learning Interoception
19:05-PreEmptive Prediction in Daily Life
19:16-Anticipating Surprises
19:47-Perfectionist Parenting and Prediction
19:53-Recognizing Child's Behavioral Signs
20:01-Fluency in Interoception
Highly Credible Sources Referenced in Ep. 193 Include:
- Alexandria Meyer, Karl Wissemann, Controlling parenting and perfectionism is associated with an increased error-related negativity (ERN) in young adults, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 87–95, https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaa018
- Attwell D, Laughlin SB. An Energy Budget for Signaling in the Grey Matter of the Brain. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism doi:10.1097/00004647-200110000-00001
- Barrett, L., Simmons, W. Interoceptive Predictions in the Brain National Review Neuroscience
https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3950 - Jutta Stahl, Manuela Acharki, Miriam Kresimon, Frederike Völler, Henning Gibbons, Perfect error processing: Perfectionism-related variations in action monitoring and error processing mechanisms, International Journal of Psychophysiology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.06.002
- Kummer, K., Mattes, A. & Stahl, J. Do perfectionists show negative, repetitive thoughts facing uncertain situations?. Curr Psychol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04409-3
- Mattes, A., Mück, M., & Stahl, J. (2023). Perfectionism-related variations in error processing in a task with increased response selection complexity. Personality neuroscience, 5, e12. https://doi.org/10.1017/pen.2022.3
- Ventura-Bort C, Wendt J and Weymar M (2021) The Role of Interoceptive Sensibility and Emotional Conceptualization for the Experience of Emotions. Front. Psychol. 12:712418. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.712418