They make mistakes and they learn from them. The thing is I'm a perfectionist thinker and I try not to make mistakes. I end up being really hard on myself. I wish people in my life were more understanding and supportive. But I guess it doesn't matter so whatever just leave me alone then.

[Dog on a Tree]

I hope you can not be so hard on yourself. We all make mistakes and we continue to learn.

[*Laurie*]

What really bothers me is when I post something online and it is misunderstood by the reader, who perhaps did not take the time to carefully read and understand what I've written.

[Taylor27]

I have the same problem im way too hard on myself when i make mistakes. Probably because i was never allowed to make mistakes growing up with out being punished

We are our own enemy when it comes to criticising ourselves. I aim to be helpful when I say your assumptions about what others are thinking might be too quick a judgement. Be kind to yourself.

[Unrigged64072835]

Perfectionism gets in the way of a lot of things. I have this problem as well. I realize that I'm human and will make mistakes. I learned to have compassion for myself, and to learn from it.

I also send my inner perfectionist out to count change at the US Mint.

[eskielover]

I take a different perspective on my perfectionism. I look at it as striving to do the BEST I possibly can. If I strive for perfect but come up short I sm still much better off than if I strived to only be mediocre.

I always worked hard in school to get straight A's but when I got B's too I was still happy because striving for those A's kept me from getting C's. I applied this to everything in my life.

I was also good at accepting my talent limitations. I was a music major for my AA degree. When I transferred to get my 4 year degree, flute competition was great. I practiced 8 hours a day but could NEVER master my flute playing like others though I was better than some. I had to realize that I would NEVER be good enough to be a professional flute player & no profectionism attitude could make me have talent thst just didn't exist in me. It was a REALITY that was important for me to realize then find another major I could do well in.

I was still able to enjoy performing but just at a lower level than what a professional required & I was happy with that while I ended up changing to accounting & computer science. Studied hard....didn't get a 4.0 but a 3.25 was much better than the 2.25 my H ended up with because he always strived TO JUST GET BY.