I was wondering if you other INTPs have troubles with being easily humiliated at the slightest thing you don't do perfectly or at least correctly, socially or otherwise.
Things that happened ages ago, years even, still linger in my head as less-than-stellar examples of my social and personal proficiency. I hate even the potential to be seen as stupid and as a result I get humiliated easily when I don't do something perfect. (Preferably better than the people around me.)
This is highly ironic however, because I'm anything but a perfectionist in the context of everything outside my mind.
Also do you have trouble admitting that you can do something because you can't do it completely right?
For instance, I studied French for 7 years and though I can read it just fine, I can't really speak it and that's embarrassing to me so I never really admit to anything more than a passing understanding of it.
Also, I've spent the last 8 months learning German here in Switzerland (I'd never studied it before I came here) and though I now speak it very well for the most part, I still get highly self-conscious when I encounter a lapse in my vocabulary. As a result, I always downplay what I know so that I can't disappoint people who expect me to speak better.
Is this a pride thing? Do you hold yourself to higher expectations than you do others? Is this just my ego talking? Thoughts?
Things that happened ages ago, years even, still linger in my head as less-than-stellar examples of my social and personal proficiency. I hate even the potential to be seen as stupid and as a result I get humiliated easily when I don't do something perfect. (Preferably better than the people around me.)
This is highly ironic however, because I'm anything but a perfectionist in the context of everything outside my mind.
Also do you have trouble admitting that you can do something because you can't do it completely right?
For instance, I studied French for 7 years and though I can read it just fine, I can't really speak it and that's embarrassing to me so I never really admit to anything more than a passing understanding of it.
Also, I've spent the last 8 months learning German here in Switzerland (I'd never studied it before I came here) and though I now speak it very well for the most part, I still get highly self-conscious when I encounter a lapse in my vocabulary. As a result, I always downplay what I know so that I can't disappoint people who expect me to speak better.
Is this a pride thing? Do you hold yourself to higher expectations than you do others? Is this just my ego talking? Thoughts?