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Originally Posted by Lazermage
I feel the same!
I always try to help others, so that they will not reject me. Asking others for help though, is really difficult for me. I'm obsessed with people's opinion and worry about what they think about me. Which forms a problem for me about talking with others as well, since I usually prepare the possible conversations I would have, and also spend hours on writing simple posts, like this one.
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Nice to know I'm not the only perfectionist out there!!
When I got a job as an Editor at a newspaper - "You mean you people want me to sit here and proofread... edit.... and be a grammar Natzi... and you're going to PAY ME for it???!!" I thought I'd died & gone to Heaven!
But, yeah. It really wears you out seeking approval ALL the time, doesn't it? I just wish that sometimes I could be brace and say, "Frigg it!! I'm gonna do this MY WAY so y'all just SHUT UP!!!"
Oh, the freedom. Couldn't you just imagine?? But then, no, I could never ever in a million years imagine actually doing it. Even if I wanted to with every fibre of my being.
Alas, it sucks being so dependent on others' opinions.