ARE YOU PUTTING PRESSURE ON YOURSELF OR ON YOUR PARTNER BECAUSE OF YOUR EXPECTATIONS?
Do you recognize yourself in one of these?
- Self-oriented: wanting to be the perfect sexual partner – “I have very high expectations for myself as a sexual partner.”
- Partner-oriented: wanting your partner to be perfect – “I expect my partner to be perfectionistic when it comes to sex.”
- Partner-prescribed: feeling that your partner expects you to be perfect – “I expect my partner to be perfectionistic when it comes to sex”
- Socially-prescribed: feeling that society expects you to be perfect – “Most people in society expect me to always be a perfect sexual partner.”
Read the full article here for some interesting insights on what perfectionism, as a personality trait, can do to your relationship.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201409/september-13-19/are-you-sexual-perfectionist?tr=HomeColItem
