Your worse personality trait(s)

kennethmgreen · June 2013

Worse than what?

My attention to word choice is worse than my breath.

avababy05 · June 2013

I'm inpatient and want everything my way. I also hold grudges

StarChanger · June 2013

Oh my gosh. My personality has been described as "intimidating" repeatedly. I keep thinking "do I just have zero self awareness or I deal with a bunch of wussies???"....

They are wussies...

I recently had to have a meeting with some "colleagues" which was mediated by a "superior" due to this labeling, among other things. We were supposed to try to work together to become a "team". After listening to them roll out a litany of "mean" things I had done or said in their minds (including not saying "good morning" when I walk by their desk...), and having them say that I had "yelled" at them...I finally had enough and bluntly asked "have I EVER raised my voice at you?" NO. "have I ever called you incompetent, lazy, unprofessional, or ANY other personal attack?" NO. "So basically, I 'LOOK or SOUND' irritated with the fact that we are in a high stress situation and you are not getting your job done, when I ask for something to be done?" Silence...........

I then said "I think you guys need to put your big girl panties on..." The superior agreed. Meeting was over. Haven't had a complaint since....

wildlotus · June 2013

To be completely honest I'm aware of that, but it's what I love. It's not so much that I "chose" nursing but moreso that it chose me. My ultimate goal is to do international travel nursing, so at least I won't be around long enough for anyone to pick on me

Thanks for the concern though.

Jerrypeoples · June 2013

it seems like there are a lot of similar folks

trust is a big one for me. while i have many people whom id call friend theres only a very small number who know much about my inner thoughts and even less who know the REAL inner thoughts

i also self depreciate too much and it annoys people but i also believe if you cant laugh at yourself then you need to find someone smaller and weaker and laugh at them

i can also laugh at any situation. ANY.

im very good at not letting emotions dictate my decision making

PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot · June 2013

I've got horrible self esteem. constantly looking for approval from others.

wildlotus · June 2013

I have a very hard time trusting people (especially women, surprisingly enough!). So I don't have any girlfriends, and if I do they don't last for long. I tend to be "that girl" who gets ganged up on by other women allllll the time.

I'm impulsive. Sometimes I'll start dating a guy immediately that I think I really like and then end up hurting him in the process when I realize I acted too quickly.

As a nursing student, I'm insanely self-critical and hold myself to impossible standards (physically and emotionally). Sometimes I feel like if I can't be an expert at everything I love (nursing, surfing, yoga, etc.), then I fail.

Oh. And I'm an emotional eater, BIG time.

Thanks for the post idea...that was cathartic

OMG, if you get picked on by other women, you went into the WRONG field. Seriously. Get out now, or go an administrative route. Nurses eat their own young.

(sorry Nurses, you know it's true.....)

To be completely honest I'm aware of that, but it's what I love. It's not so much that I "chose" nursing but moreso that it chose me. My ultimate goal is to do international travel nursing, so at least I won't be around long enough for anyone to pick on me

Thanks for the concern though.

debbash68 · June 2013

it seems like there are a lot of similar folks

trust is a big one for me. while i have many people whom id call friend theres only a very small number who know much about my inner thoughts and even less who know the REAL inner thoughts

i also self depreciate too much and it annoys people but i also believe if you cant laugh at yourself then you need to find someone smaller and weaker and laugh at them

i can also laugh at any situation. ANY.

im very good at not letting emotions dictate my decision making

That sounds like a challenge, laugh at ANY situation?

stephc0711 · June 2013

Hmm...Where to start?

I let everyone walk all over me, I can't say no (which is why I have a $3,000 sweeper and one room with carpet)
I don't take compliments well, mostly because I don't usually feel that they're honest ( for example, you're very pretty means little to me, because I don't think I am at all, and I think it's just someone trying to be nice to me...)

cupcakes_and_cardio · June 2013

A lot of insecurities, very self-conscious and due to this I come off wrong to people, very *****y, not who I really am though.

fatfrost · June 2013

I can be a whiny little ***** when I don't get my way.

TheCaren · June 2013

Oh my gosh. My personality has been described as "intimidating" repeatedly. I keep thinking "do I just have zero self awareness or I deal with a bunch of wussies???"....

They are wussies...

I recently had to have a meeting with some "colleagues" which was mediated by a "superior" due to this labeling, among other things. We were supposed to try to work together to become a "team". After listening to them roll out a litany of "mean" things I had done or said in their minds (including not saying "good morning" when I walk by their desk...), and having them say that I had "yelled" at them...I finally had enough and bluntly asked "have I EVER raised my voice at you?" NO. "have I ever called you incompetent, lazy, unprofessional, or ANY other personal attack?" NO. "So basically, I 'LOOK or SOUND' irritated with the fact that we are in a high stress situation and you are not getting your job done, when I ask for something to be done?" Silence...........

I then said "I think you guys need to put your big girl panties on..." The superior agreed. Meeting was over. Haven't had a complaint since....

My filter has improved as I've aged. I don't get called in for "the talk" very often. But when I'll ask why someone didn't come to me with a request, I get told that I have an intimidating personality. I apparently scare people... I don't get it. I always use my inside voice and depending on the audience, try to use words they don't have to look up in the dictionary. I can only dumb stuff down so much folks. Read a book. Learn a few words with more than two syllables... Just sayin'....

dicoveringwhoIam · June 2013

I wear my emotions on my sleeve.. Its very frustrating..

Jerrypeoples · June 2013

it seems like there are a lot of similar folks

trust is a big one for me. while i have many people whom id call friend theres only a very small number who know much about my inner thoughts and even less who know the REAL inner thoughts

i also self depreciate too much and it annoys people but i also believe if you cant laugh at yourself then you need to find someone smaller and weaker and laugh at them

i can also laugh at any situation. ANY.

im very good at not letting emotions dictate my decision making

That sounds like a challenge, laugh at ANY situation?

we were pallbearers at my grandmothers funeral and started walking down the steps with casket in hand. we all felt grandma slide from the bottom of the casket till her head hit the top.

i blurted out...Sorry Gram as all us grandsons burst out laughing

cupcakes_and_cardio · June 2013

Impatient, set myself to high of standards, over-emotional, emotional eater (well, used to be, but working on that), too anxious and I've been told people are intimidated by me because I don't talk much?....I'M A TRAIN WRECK! lol