Your Fatal Flaw

Surprising this wasn't here before. Considering it's such a prevalent thing in media, it'd be fun and pretty depressing to examine what one think might be one's Fatal Flaw in your own personality, and why that is.

Either that or critique the previous poster because you think they're much worse than what they said. Either way works.

Hmmm, interesting. If I had to boil it down to a single flaw, I'd say mine was... Inertia. I'm usually incredibly unmotivated to get off my ass to do things, but I also have very poor impulse control, and once I've started doing something, it's very hard to stop even if I know it's going to end badly.

I used to be with Mal on this, and say I was a fan of all seven deadly sins.

These days, it's just greed, pride, and wrath.

edited 8th Aug '12 9:13:53 PM by Exelixi

Sloth, for sure. I can do way more but I have been having motivation problems the entire summer.

I think it's hesitation/dependence. My whole life, I've been content to let other people take the lead instead of me, even though I'm not sure that's what I really want. I can't stand up for myself very well, and I have an awful lot of trouble making up my mind.

Terminal derpiness.

I can go from "person who just invented a handheld device that lets humans see exospectral colors with $20 of materials" to "person who just forgot her own first name" in seconds.

I think mine is probably wrath because I have an awful temper, but more recently it's been leaning more towards sloth and pride.

You know, I have so many flaws, I don't even know where to start.

A deadly combo of laziness and terminal insecurity.

Laziness. I can never get anything done.

And then you took an arro...

-is shot-

Probably sloth for me. I am so lazy that I don't mind dying.

edited 8th Aug '12 10:52:43 PM by IraTheSquire

Paranoia, distrustfulness, insecurity, overthinking, self-loathing, holding grudges, overreaction...

It all boils down to giving too many shits.

Pettiness.

Kryptonite.

Mood-Swinger, I suppose. Involving Sugar-and-Ice Personality and boomeranging between Guilt Complex and Never My Fault.

Attachment.

How's that a flaw?

My one, absolute fatal flaw? I'm TOO NICE.

Even after my girlfriend cheated on me, I couldn't bring myself to break up with her. She had to move out using my sister, dump me over the facebook I helped her make and run off with someone else she found on said facebook for me to wake up to myself.

Combination of laziness and dependence.

Aon's a Buddhist, so maybe that's why?

Lack of motivation due to laziness.

I guess confidence is a real issue for me. If I'm on a run of good fortune such as, my academic life going well, doing well in sport etc I'm usually pretty good but if my life so much as makes a minor derail I go right back into a shell and I feel that has stopped me achieving a lot of things.

I also go through huge periods where I really don't like or respect myself very much but that is not a condition that is particularly unique to me. But linked to my confidence issues it holds me back a lot and it can cause me to act erratically which is embarrassing to me and the people around me.

Some would say mine is my love of drinking. And I would call those people judgmental assholes. I'd say it'd be my temper and easily-broken morale.

Either my massive ego or my lack of self-esteem. It's sort of recursive, actually, because my low self-esteem causes my ego and my ego causes my low self-esteem. Don't know if that makes sense or not.

I would be the most powerful being in all the land, but sadly I am only an eel. (swishes a dude in the face with tail)