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 find myself to be a perfectionist and I also am interested in the study of Perfectionism, What about you? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have studied it extensively over the past few years. Perfectionists are known to strive for flawlessness. Their standards are very high and are self critical."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes I plan on going into a field of study for it some day, I will be studying it and possibly be getting a career int he field. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That sounds great. Perfectionists tend to strive for unreasonable goals. They place a lot of pressure on themselves which usually leads to disappointment."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Most of the time yes, But at certain times it can be rewarding knowing how perfect something came out, such as a perfectly bakes cake or something else. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Very true. That is on the extreme side. Normal perfectionists can avoid compromising their self-esteem. They achieve great pleasure from their accomplishments. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "We sure do, I am curious though, At what age do people think of themselves as perfectionists? I wonder if it is hereditary. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Its affects people of all ages. It was not until 1978 that D.E. Hamachek argued in support the two different types, the normal perfectionist and the neurotic perfectionist."}]