dianec42

I've been seeing some things going 'round Facebook like "I am a people pleaser" and they kind of hit me a little bit. I don't know if they have one for "I am a perfectionist", but if they do it's probably wrong. :P So here's mine.



I am a perfectionist.

As a child, I was more likely to get attention for doing things wrong than for doing things right.

I was made to feel stupid for asking questions or exploring alternatives.

Maybe I had an overbearing sibling; or a teacher or parent on a power trip; maybe I just have an unusual thought process.



I learned to hide mistakes.

I learned never to ask questions or ask for help.

I learned not to raise my hand unless I was 110% sure I had the right answer.

I stopped trying new things because "what if I'm not good at it?" To me, failure equals disgrace.



I have unreasonably high standards of myself and others.

I get angry and defensive when someone shows that I'm wrong.

I would rather sit on my ass playing video games than make something meaningful of my life, because with the video games I can actually win.

The one no one got, 3) Cryptography, Scrabble, toy factory, was Sneakers.

The other 9 were apparently entirely too obvious. I may post a second string if I get really bored.

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love!

And most of this stuff I learned WAY later than high school, but it amuses me nonetheless.

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

(Well, there was that time lapsedagnostic absolutely INSISTED I had to get on That Mailing List… without which my life would quite possibly have been extremely different.)