Top Ten Most Annoying Personality Traits
We're all guilty. God knows I am.Pet peeves are ranked higher, but I haven't given much thought to the order--they're just ten qualities that grind my gears.
Oh my God, I ordered 123g of cocoa powder, and I got 123g! Oh no! Help me! It's the end of the world! I wanted them to get it wrong so I could write a complaint and sue them! Oh no! Now I can't do that! Please donate to me, as I am clearly suffering!
- An attention-seeking, spoiled brat
This can be displayed in a variety of ways, one of which is extensive self-deprecation. Playing the victim card is another.
Especially if you talk in an annoyingly loud voice and start provocations just to get attention. I hate those kinds of people so much.
In my opinion, and from my experience living with a hypersensitive person, it's a manipulative ploy to prevent you from expressing any facts or opinions that may clash with their delicate and refined perspective. You go from being forbidden from pointing out crucial facts to having your logical solutions censured. Then, you're reeducated to think as they feel, finding yourself in the excruciating position of being forced to console them through their endless pain.
You begin to understand what it is to be a thrall and how grossly superficial your own feelings are because the hypersensitive person has greater and more important needs (or denials) than you.
I have a tendency to brag about stuff all the time. I try my best not to, but sometimes I can't help it.
I know everyone has met a person like this in their life, and if you haven't, let me explain. In my situation, I was attending church, and there was a third-grader who constantly bragged about how smart he was. It really irked me. He would say things like, "I read a one-hundred-page book!" in a really annoying voice, which was frustrating because that's not even that long.
When an adult asked for a volunteer, his hand would immediately shoot up, and he once bragged that he knew the word "government," as if none of us knew it. He didn't just brag about his knowledge. He also boasted about his talents. I once said, "I can play the violin," and instead of acknowledging that, he replied, "Well, I can play the ukulele, piano, and recorder," which are all instruments we had to learn in school anyway. He also claimed he was good at sports and physical activities, with his ridiculous explanation being that he could catch a ball.
Overall, he acted like he was good at everything. I know it sounds like I'm making a big deal, but trust me, in my fifteen years, this is the most annoying and pretentious person I've ever met!
If you have any concerns for the writer of this long-winded comment, please understand that he may have suffered mentally after meeting a certain third-grader who thought he was much better than he actually was.
I am so good at swimming, math, reading, and basketball. I should get a big gold trophy for all of them.
Talking about how good you are is just not nice. No one wants to hear that.
I'm all-or-nothing. I either don't care and won't do it, or I care a lot and will be the best at it. It's simply impossible for me to do something I don't believe in or enjoy, so it comes off as laziness. I'm really not. I'm unbelievably hardworking towards the things I care about.
My kids are lazy, but it's my fault. I do everything for them because I like to baby them since I don't want them to grow up.
I have to admit, I am lazy a lot. But it's mostly kids who have this problem these days.
Narcissists are very needy and insecure people who, rather than loving you and trying to attain intimacy, cultivate you as a friend to feed their narcissism. Psychologists say you provide their narcissistic goods. They are always seeking new friends because they fear that their supply may run out, exposing their emptiness.
One may feel compassion for them because they did not wish this awful condition upon themselves, but beware of getting caught up with them. It can be very hard to disentangle yourself because things are not what they appear to be.
Everyone has their own problem, and this is mine! I can control it though, so I will control it!
Hypocrisy: the act of condemning others for lacking virtues, qualities, or emotions that the condemner does not possess.
It's fine to be humble, pacific, and neutral, but when you precede every sentence with, "I don't mean to be offensive, but," it becomes positively grating. You are entitled to your opinion, but don't expect it to go unquestioned. Be ready to defend it, and be aware that not all opinions are equal. Some are based on poor reasoning, lack of information, and logical fallacies.
I admit that this is a serious problem of mine, particularly when I'm trying to teach something difficult to someone that I find simplistic. I know they're trying, but I can't handle it sometimes.
I think I kind of have this personality trait, especially when I'm waiting for someone or for a fun event or something.
Gah. When I was growing up, my older brother relied on me all the time and was always really clingy. It flattered me and all, but he wouldn't let me talk to any of our other siblings without glaring at them! It must've been because my mom told him when he was little, "Watch over her well!"
Since he's in his twenties now, of course, he doesn't do it anymore. Still, this happened from when I was around 2 to 14. Yeah, that's about right.
Aw man, this is why I'm scared of someday being in a relationship. I can't really trust people, so I'm clingy. With my friends too, I get jealous and worried and everything in between. I apologize.
Worst! I hate people who demand respect but don't give anything but tyranny.
Nagging, moaning, telling people what to do, and always seeing the glass as half empty... ugh.
It's a waste of anyone's time to be dishonest or on the receiving end of dishonesty. In my opinion, it's a type of betrayal that leaves no room for building trust or faith in that person. Being dishonest can leave one forsaken by their fellow man.
Someone who can never let go of anger.
I come from a rich family, but my parents always buy me cheap stuff. I guess it's not bad, but people at school always remark on it. I also have Asian parents.
My parents buy me cheap things even though I made a fortune doing minor roles in films (The Death Cure, Tron: Legacy, Godless, The Scorch Trials), and they use the money for their own pleasure.