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So why trying to be perfect causes the shadow to become a demon?
Because we are unaware of the whole shadow part, and we craft the most perfect ideal for ourselves (ego) and try to chase it, but we instead get frustration after frustration by never living up to it. In most cases this demand for perfection comes from a parent, and the only emotion/experience the shadow gets is the feeling of being rejected and unloved by never living up to the perfect ideal.
A second part of this dynamic is that when you have negative emotions and wishes, instead of trying to understand why you feel/want that, you suppress it, because it is not you. By making it not you, you make it your shadow's.