SAD PROM QUEEN

PRESSURE TO LOOK FLAWLESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS HAR- MING YOUTH. FLAWLESS.
WITHOUT BLEMISH.FOR SO MANY OF US, PERFECTION IS THE ULTIMATE DREAM
FOR OUR STATES OF BEING. BUT, IN REALITYPERFECT IS NEVER PERFECT AND STRIVING
FOR PERFECTION CAN TURN FROM ADMIRABLE TO HARMFUL.
PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR AT FLINDERS UNIVERSITY TRACEY WADE SAYS
THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO PERFECTIONISM.
ONE IS HAVING HIGH STANDARDS, BUT THE OTHER IS BEING EXCESSIVELY SELF-CRITICAL
AND WHEN PERFECTIONISM IS TAKEN TO ITS EXTREMES, IT STARTS TO CREATE PROBLEMS.
BUT IS IT ANY WONDER TODAY’S MODERN SOCIETY IS FULL
OF SELF-CRITICAL, PERFECTION-SEEKING PEOPLE?

PHOTOGRAPHY AND STYLING: ZOI PAHTALIAS MODEL: TERRA SAVANNE