How to Recover from Obsessive Hyper-perfectionism Using Wabi-Sabi the Japanese art of Imperfection?

Therapeutics with Wabi-Sabi

We can simply use the habit-brain’s limitations to overcome the habit-brain’s limitations. The more the brain sees that it is not being harmed or there is no death threat due to changes, the more it starts accepting reality and the adrenaline sensitivity reduces.

We then can use this principle to help the individuals slowly become slower, non-reactive to the changes, and slowly but surely moving towards the executive-decision brain. The individual then would start getting back the feelings, and finally would be able to connect to the emotional brain.

Introduce the perfectionist to imperfections bit by bit

If you are one of the perfectionists reading this article, then you might have already noticed that from the fonts to the images, to the text sizes, there is no symmetry, and randomness is being implemented. And if you have reached this point, then you already know that it is easy for you to accept the anomalies and imperfections.

You can cheer about the fact that you are not yet triggered by the imperfection of this page and the site. Now you can use this phenomenon to slowly introduce imperfections in your day-to-day life. You will observe a great relief in your anxiety, as well as irritations. You will also observe that your impulsivity has reduced significantly and that you do not feel threatened by people. Use this learning to transform your life and start healing.

Conclusion

While researching the Wabi-Sabi in other cultures, I realized that literally, everything that we see and hail as perfect is actually imperfect. From the core of an Atom to the breadth of the universe, there seems to exist no perfect symmetry and thus I concluded that imperfection and asymmetry are as important aspects of maintaining the equilibrium as anything else. 

In fact, everything in the world is chaotic and non-linear and at no point in time do they become linear.

Gene of a newborn can be similar to their parents only by 99.99%. Thus every new gene is an imperfect reproduction, making every animal including humans ever born a unique one.

We spend most of our lives in the pursuit of perfection, the perfect partner, the perfect career, the perfect place, and whatnot. 

We find and complain about pity and imperfection in everything and everyone around us and end up being frustrated. Wabi-Sabi gives us the perfect theological base to accept imperfection. 
Find the beauty in things and people around you and accept the imperfection. Without imperfection, the world would have been a boring place.

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