Always having to look perfect: when no one really knows you

You mainly show your best side, online and off? How the pressure to look perfect shows up, questions to reflect on and where coaching helps.

Life online

Online and offline you mainly show your best side. It takes energy, and sometimes you feel no one really knows you.

How it can show up

Online and offline you mainly show what is going well.
Before posting you think for a long time about how it will come across.
You hardly share weaknesses or worries with anyone.
You sometimes feel as if you live behind a facade.

Questions for you

There are no right answers. Take the question that stays with you.

What do you fear if others see your imperfect sides?
With whom can you be the way you really are?
How much energy does the perfect image cost you?
What would you like to show honestly for once?

Where coaching can help

Coaching can help you work out what you need the perfect front for and where you would like to show more of yourself.

When other help fits better

If great fear or strong self-doubt lies behind the perfectionism, working with a psychotherapist can help.

If it is too much right now

Coaching is not psychotherapy and not a crisis service. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, contact the emergency services where you are right away, or a crisis service near you.

Want to talk it through?

In a free 20-minute intro call we look at whether coaching is the right way to work on this for you. If it is not, I will tell you so.

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