I am working my way through the app, and got to listening about the curse of perfectionism.
This is something I suffer a lot from as a neuro-spicy person - it has to be perfect or its a failure, it is either right or wrong. Then comes the complete paralysis from living in fear of being imperfect and wrong and so I stay stuck, or how being ‘wrong’ or frozen then links to poor self-esteem.
But my old Swedish teacher used to make me repeat how the point of language isn’t to be perfect, it is to be understood, to express yourself and that the other person understands you, not if every rule of grammar is right (who’s is?!).
When I realised the whole reason humans created language was to express themselves first and foremost then my brain changed the goal posts on what was ‘perfect’ and judging myself by that bar of being understood as the priority.
Now I am working my way to this new definition of ‘language perfection’, in being understood, a little bit more every day with SSiW and with my Dysgu Cymraeg course later in the year.
Just sharing my 2 pennies worth incase it helps someone else.
Sarah
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