Karola Alford of the counseling center ran an interactive workshop Wednesday in The Martin Luther King Jr. University Union titled “Nobody’s Perfect” on the obvious signs of perfectionism and how to combat them.

Alford chose to run this workshop because she encounters many students in her job that feel the need to be perfect.

“People aren’t perfect. We all make mistakes. We have an expectation to be perfect but we often get shot down,” said Alford.

According to Alford, there are three categories of perfectionism. One is self-oriented perfectionism. That means that a person judges himself or herself and is very self critical. Socially prescribed perfectionism is a type where one cares about what others feel about their performance. Other orientated perfectionism is how an individual judges other people and the standards he or she holds for their peers. This leads to relationship problems and is known to drive people away.