Do you think you are a perfectionist

United States
July 29, 2009 3:48pm CST
I think I am and it just sets me up for stress. Do you think you are a perfectionist?
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13 responses
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
29 Jul 09
I like things to be done like they are suppose to be. For them not to be stresses me more than doing them.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
1 Aug 09
Thank you for my best response. I hope things are still looking up for u. Have a good weekend.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
29 Jul 09
I am a perfectionist and it is probably one of my worst personality traits a lot of the time. I stress over the simplest of things. For example, my daughter pulled the curtain rod out of the wall the other day. My husband decided to fix it, it required drywall mud to patch the hole and the fact that the drywall mud doesn't match the paint on the wall is driving me insane. I'm also really sensitive to misspelled words so when I am reading and there is a word that isn't right I just wish that I had the ability to do something to fix it.
• India
29 Jul 09
to be a perfectionist and patient is very very constructive mam...don't judge it a negative trait..as u said mis spelt words do drive a perfectionist nuts.but if he is patient he ll take it very very seriously n next post of his will be error free..
@gerald_lian (2188)
• Australia
1 Aug 09
Yes, I think I am a perfectionist. Even my boss feels that I am a perfectionist. I like things to be as good as they should be, so that everything falls into place nicely. While that puts me into stress mode most of the time, the end results are almost always personally satisfying. On another note, I hate to do things wrongly or "imperfectly" because things will go haywire, and I will be scolded (and I also hate to be scolded ). All in all, being or trying to be a perfectionist has its pro and cons; however, I still prefer to be a perfectionist!
@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
27 Sep 09
Hey, Yea I actually think I am, but some of the time, as you have also said, it stresses me out. But this only occasionally happens because usually I am quite satisfied with the results, from the perfection that I have done. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!
• India
30 Jul 09
hi there, no , i dont think i am a perfectionist.... :) have a nice day..
• Malaysia
30 Jul 09
No I am not. I am a very disorganized person.
• United States
29 Jul 09
Yes very much so. Which causes me at times to be a pain in the butt to my family and friends.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
30 Jul 09
I am nowhere near a perfectionist. There are some things that are more important that they be right more than others, but I would not say I am a perfectionist. I would be setting myself up for disappointment if I was.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
29 Jul 09
Not so much anymore, I am more of a just get by person, old age has done this to me, I just don't have the energy to be a perfectionist.
@ucue2008 (923)
• Malaysia
30 Jul 09
No, but there are things I like to do it right, really right. My friend is a perfectionist, and I don;t know how we can be friend for so long, because I cannot exactly fit in with her. She wanted everything to be perfect, example like talking to her, she wanted everything in details and do not tolerate mistake very much. Once she think she is right, she will stand up to it until the end. Don;t you think it hard to be perfectionist?
• United States
29 Jul 09
I am definitely a perfectionist. I have certain things that just have a correct way to be done and that's it. But then on the other hand, I am a slob too. It's kinda like, if I can't do it perfect I won't try! Things have ways to be done properly and that's the way I do them!
• United States
29 Jul 09
I am a random perfectionist. Sometimes everything has to a certain way or I end up stressing out and going crazy. Othertimes, I just go with the flow.
• India
29 Jul 09
yes...im a perfectionist when it comes to proffessional stuffs...but in personal things im not..my room u can find it always messed up.most often i wear unpressed shirts.but when it comes to assignments i do it neat n precise.keep it well organised.submit it on time.evrything to score 10/10. so im perfectionist in things where i ud loose something if im not..