i m a perfectionist.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Perfectionism, in psychology, is a personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting high performance standards, accompanied by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations. It is best conceptualized as a multidimensional characteristic, as psychologists agree that there are many positive and negative aspects. In its maladaptive form, perfectionism drives people to attempt to achieve an unattainable ideal, while their adaptive perfectionism can sometimes motivate them to reach their goals. In the end, they derive pleasure from doing so. When perfectionists do not reach their goals, they often fall into depression. Perfectionists strain compulsively and unceasingly toward unobtainable goals, and measure their self-worth by productivity and accomplishment. Pressuring oneself to achieve unrealistic goals inevitably sets the person up for disappointment. Perfectionists tend to be harsh critics of themselves when they fail to meet their standards. D. E. Hamachek in 1978 argued for two contrasting types of perfectionism, classifying people as tending towards normal perfectionism or neurotic perfectionism. Normal perfectionists are more inclined to pursue perfection without compromising their self-esteem, and derive pleasure from their efforts.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am such a perfectionist.  Im almost OCD."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well the good thing is there are good and bad things with being a perfectionist, it's multidimensional."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Really???  I didnt realize.  Please, elaborate.  My interest is peaked."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well the negative can be that perfectionism makes you try to achieve something unattainable."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I can see how that relates.  I have had a lot of success with being a perfectionist.  Its become a way for me to stay organized.  "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "But when perfectionists don't reach their goals they can also become depressed, which is not good."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have experienced this as well.  At which point should a perfectionist seek, help.  For instance the behavior isnt healthy for the individual"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes and procrastination can also lead to depression. It can also lead to self-doubt, guilt, and inadequacy."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Are their any positives to being a perfectionist?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "A positive could be that a person such as a perfectionist can actually use that to reach their goals!"}]