Everything in life has a double face, at least when we talk about certain character traits it is convenient to clarify. For example, some people are too demanding of themselves. Some of these people even camouflage this excessive demand with a supposed perfectionist spirit that, far from being adequate, it prevents you from relaxing and enjoying your achievements and everything that you are achieving on this fascinating path called lifetime.
Being demanding with yourself is positive for several reasons: it shows that you are a mature, responsible person and aware that you can surpass yourself. The problem arises when you try to stretch the rope to the point of hurting yourself.
The negative points of being demanding with yourself are, that surely, you also become a firm person with the rest. When this demand is excessive, you run the risk of many people moving away from you or you run the risk of seeing many people as unvaluable. Instead of seeing its virtues you look at their flaws.
In the workplace, the truth is that many bosses would hire an employee who was demanding with himself since this quality also gives you independence and an adequate criterion of the professionalism.
But also you can get to blame at many times when you make a certain mistake. A mistake that anyone could have made and to which, however, you give an excessive meaning since these types of people usually measure their own internal worth based on their professional performance and their productivity. In this way, they always have the need to be showing how much they are worth and never, ever, do they relax.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
