# What are your worst personality traits? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173 "2013-09-18T20:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/1 "2013-09-18T20:15:24Z")
I was browsing through the Wikipedia article on psychopathy just now (as one does) and noticed something scarily familiar in the [Hare Psychopathy Checklist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy#Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist), under the “lifestyle” section. > [@](#): > > Facet 3: Lifestyle > > Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom > Parasitic lifestyle > Lack of realistic, long-term goals > Impulsivity > Irresponsibility Now, I certainly don’t think I’m a psychopath (I don’t fit the other categories), but yeah, that seems to sum up the most troublesome parts of my personality, and the roots of all my problems, pretty well. What are your issues with yourself? You don’t have to pick them from a list, feel free to express yourself in as fluent prose as you want. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/2 "2013-09-18T20:45:51Z")
I lack the ability to forgive myself for the objectionable people I’ve been. I hold my past against myself more ruthlessly than anyone I may have inconvenienced, and it holds me back. That, in turn, keeps me from being more and better for the people I actually engage day to day. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/3 "2013-09-18T20:53:23Z")
I wish I were better at admitting I am wrong in disagreements with my wife. I can be too damned stubborn. I work on it. But don’t tell her I admitted to it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/4 "2013-09-18T22:09:14Z")
Procrastination Lack of order Weak connection between short-term actions and long-term goals Low self-image (NOT low self-esteem) ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/5 "2013-09-18T22:34:56Z")
I’m too honest, forthright. I share too much. I know I’m doing bad things and I don’t stop. Lazy. Impatient with my precious son. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/6 "2013-09-18T23:03:47Z")
Way too independent. Not emotionally invested in anything (which can be good and bad). Self-absorbed. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/7 "2013-09-18T23:09:14Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Procrastination > Lack of order > Weak connection between short-term actions and long-term goals > Low self-image (NOT low self-esteem) This, exactly, plus newly developing tendencies toward impatience and reclusiveness. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/8 "2013-09-18T23:36:00Z")
My main one is that I’m very shy, almost to the point of being afraid to interact with people. (well, I may be exaggerating a bit, but I am very shy.) From the list in the OP’s article, I have: Lack of realistic, long-term goals Impulsivity Irresponsibility (sometimes) Poor behavioral controls (sometimes) Early behavioral problems (and how!) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/9 "2013-09-18T23:38:44Z")
I’m way too humble. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/10 "2013-09-19T00:30:53Z")
I have about 3/4 of these traits. I qualify as a psychopath! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-worst-personality-traits/669173/11 "2013-09-19T02:51:15Z")
I’m incapable of self acceptance and self forgiveness to the degree I need to be. Pretty much all my other issues stem from that.