4: Unlearning Perfection: Why My Nervous System Believed I Had to Be Perfect

Body Included · Aug 26, 2025 · 11m

Unlearning Perfection: Why My Nervous System Believed I Had to Be Perfect

This unscripted episode is an honest story about my struggle with perfectionism—and what was really behind it.

For years, I believed I had to earn love through success. This pattern started in childhood, where love felt conditional, and my nervous system learned that achieving was survival. The result? Impossible standards, constant self-pressure, and a sense of failure no matter what I did.

I share how this pattern showed up in my life, what changed during eating disorder recovery, and how somatic practices and…