What are some of your annoying self-destructive tendencies?

[hallokitty]

I'll go first.

I drink coffee at 11 at night knowing I'm going to kick myself for being unable to fall asleep.

[Tactical Panda]

I listen to songs on youtube when I am meant to be studying, or I go on these forums.

[Odie]

Laziness, cigarettes.

[nowt]

Metamystical Randism. Solipsism.

[CaelestisPeste]

Constant procrastination at everything, which is why this isn't the second post.

[Rotary]

Getting (majorly) hooked on computer games. Clean for 5 months.

[Dysphoriac]

I broke my ankle once playing paintball so I couldn't move very fast, ended up getting puncture wounds all over as I kept playing. After that we went to the pub and I decided to keep drinking until everything stopped hurting, swelling or bleeding. So some guy knife hands one of my smaller friends later on the dance floor, I end up drunk with a broken ankle and bruises all over me already jumping into a brawl and getting glassed on the back of the head. It was a painful few months learning not to ignore the bodies signals.

[Midichlorianite]

Laziness and procrastination. Latter is huge problem when it comes to studying, which I should actually be doing as I type this.

[Artio]

Too much cava, too many cookies.

[Erebos]

laziness and internet. Oh, and some stupid periods during which I feel like shit.

[Purgatid]

I smoke, and I drink lots of energy drinks, for no particular reason.

[Distance]

If someone believes the worst of me, I'll invariably play up and exaggerate the worst regardless of truth, since it's entertaining. And yet, there's the offsetting disappointment that people can be so shallow and incapable of seeing beyond this. Counterproductive sometimes and oh so entertaining other times.

[Thinktress]

Perfectionism.

[mastermind23]

Procrastination, lazyness, unfocusedness.

[MyotisLucifugus]

I smoke, and I drink lots of energy drinks, for no particular reason.

My coworkers didn't believe I could remove the plastic sealing around a screw-top can of Monster with one hand until I absentmindedly did it in front of them. I swear I am the world's most pathetic speed freak. I bought a moka pot last night, too, so it's only going to get worse.

Oh, and the cigarettes I'm sure aren't helping me any.

[deckard]

Ya know what bothers me about these lists, is it gets me thinking about all the productive things I do and how that adds up to nearly zero. :P

[Thinktress]

Procrastination, lazyness, unfocusedness.

These as well. And let me just tell you - they do NOT mix well with my perfectionism.

[WindUp]

I can be pretty lazy. This either causes me to procrastinate, do something haphazardly, or needlessly complain about doing something.

I smoke (not cigarettes), drink, and do hard drugs every now and then. <- These I don't really find annoying because I can moderate myself these days. On occasion I won't let my body recover from a cough because I want to smoke. :P

[Chronos]

Not believing enough in myself in general.

[TheStranger]

I smoke, and I drink lots of energy drinks, for no particular reason.

Funny thing, energy drinks actually seem counter-productive to what they are intended for. For instance, I'm quite enthralled by the sweet necter of Nitrous Monster Killer-B, I drink it and get a decent boost...then shortly after the boost it feels like I've just crashed through eighteen floors and then landed on concrete.

And I can't wait for more. What is wrong with me?

[PlungingHornets]

Sweet tooth. Not being efficient with my time.

[MyotisLucifugus]

Sweet tooth.

How did I forget this tragic flaw? People manipulate me with sugar because my sweet tooth is so well known. They bribe me with cupcakes, for crying out loud.

[dontmesswithme]

Picking at pimples, thereby making them worse and causing scarring.

[YupItsMe]

Doing the bare minimum so I can go relax

[Kevin42]

boredom

[hallokitty]

These as well. And let me just tell you - they do NOT mix well with my perfectionism.

....so tragically true. i didnt even realize this until i read these comments....meh >:D

[mllebrie]

Procrastination. I once left all of my final papers to the last day of the term, for example. The internet is my enabler.

[g20]

I'm not good at talking about my feelings or when things are bothering me (yeah that works well in personal relationships). When stressed I withdraw or misdirect conversations away from me even if making a patheticly feeble attempt at reaching out. If under prolonged stress I start smoking. When pushed out of my routine for long periods I struggle to motivate myself under the resulting overload. Someone recently pointed out that I tend to be serious about light hearted humour at times. I'm not always patient with things that are out of my control.

[benr3600]

Funny thing, energy drinks actually seem counter-productive to what they are intended for. For instance, I'm quite enthralled by the sweet necter of Nitrous Monster Killer-B, I drink it and get a decent boost...then shortly after the boost it feels like I've just crashed through eighteen floors and then landed on concrete.

And I can't wait for more. What is wrong with me?

Probably caffeine addiction/sugar rush and corresponding crash. Luckily, I don't seem to experience the "crash" as harshly as some do.

[True Rune]

Paranoia.

[Allevil]

i was very outgoing for a couple of years, since i was in the music business and used to attend to many many concerts. I used to overdrink at those concerts very very much. The result was a massive social interaction problem with the people i was involced.

Puhh, i was pretty excited when i realized it was the stress of outgoing and the unused brain capacities that got me to use alcohol. Now i'm studying again and its pretty awesome!

[changos]

Fail too much to include fun and resting in my schedules, that makes many of the things I do... sht!

[Marcus Septim]

Eating
Procastinating

[Nemesis]

Rumination.
Perfectionism.
Mountains from molehills.

[gslemer]

Eating heavy spicy stuff right before going to sleep.
Not respecting the power of my gastritis.
Smoking.
Almost eating my own fingers.

Sorry about my ignorance, but was this thread created as a means to just find out IF there is anyone with self-destructive tendencies, or it was based on a premise (premise which I don't know up til now) that most INTJs do have self-destructive tendencies?

[hallokitty]

Eating heavy spicy stuff right before going to sleep.
Not respecting the power of my gastritis.
Smoking.
Almost eating my own fingers.

Sorry about my ignorance, but was this thread created as a means to just find out IF there is anyone with self-destructive tendencies, or it was based on a premise (premise which I don't know up til now) that most INTJs do have self-destructive tendencies?

The former. Though if I'm being completely honest I probably wanted reassurance that i wasn't the alone in having irrational self-limiting tendencies. :)

[REMwoman]

....so tragically true. i didnt even realize this until i read these comments....meh >:D
I'm lazy, so I won't bother to retype all of this, but these are mine. As well as being really, really, really disinterested in anything that I am disinterested in. It's dead to me.

[Philosofool]

Hmmm... I seem to see procrastination a lot in this thread. I can't say that I've ever had a serious issue with that.

My self-destructive tendencies include...
*Sitting around doing essentially nothing productive for days, only getting up to eat, shower, and relieve myself.
*Starting large coding/scripting projects and dropping and/or deleting them completely a few days later.
*Having a very unpredictable sleeping schedule and averaging 5-6 hours of sleep per night.
*Committing to anything like a relationship, a vacation trip, a large purchase, a party, a 'study group', etc... and then severely gaining/losing interest in it on a day-to-day basis. I'm not sure if this counts though, since it's not really something I can control per se, but I can certainly suppress it.

[azdibernardo]

Not following my gut instincts -

[LOL WUT]

I stop caring about school halfway through every semester. Then I pick up the pieces once I fuck up.

[Distance]

Distrust my intuition, even when I shouldn't.

[WindUp]

How could I forget paranoia and my ability to fixate on something that bothers me?

Both have gotten better with, but they're definitely annoying self-destructive tendencies I have to deal with.

[Minty]

Perfectionism and direct to the point of being blunt.

[Oros Ull]

I procrastinate and smoke.

Also I need to socialize more. I have a hand full of friends who are seriously going to be the death of me.

Whether they end up killing me or I just off myself; I haven’t quite decided yet…

[Reddkatz]

A total prcrastinator.

[AkaruiRain]

Procrastination mostly.

I also have a bad tendency to pick apart my net of friends, my family.. too judgmental.

[Seven00]

Procrastinate all the time, lose interest quickly, unfocused to the point that I don't pay attention to what's happening and react so slowly that I might seem retarded sometimes.

[Sethis]

What Thinktress said. Perfectionism and laziness mostly.

[beav58]

I dwell on conflicts constantly.

[Dancingqueen]

Smoking is mine as well but I enjoy it tremendously. Also I get too excited when I meet someone new and am almost always disappointed when I get to know them better.

[BlSH0P]

procrastination

[Slipstream]

Hiding away from the world for days on end.

[AnotherINTJ]

Procrastination , isolation, videogame adiction and more procastination .

[Hawkeale]

Drinking, constantly aggravating my acne making it worse.

[Kuri]

Lurking online until ungodly hours in the morning, especially when I have an early class or appointment to go to the next day.

[clumsywordsmith]

My general tendency to find ways to make my life more difficult or shitty the moment it reaches some semblance of happy stability.

[ap3ngu1nsp3aks]

I tend to overthink things, internalize disappointments, and seethe too much. This stresses me out. As a result, I end up wasting money, time, and brain cells through excessive drinking.

---------- Post added 11-01-2011 at 01:18 PM ----------

I tend to overthink, internalize disappointments, and seethe which causes me to stress. As a result, I waste time, money, and braincells through excessive drinking.

[VF1J]

I listen to songs on youtube when I am meant to be studying, or I go on these forums.

Same. Especially the amusing images thread.

[Charlotta SWE]

Interesting! Destructive habits are as big as constructive ambition. In my case:
Sleep as little as I can
Snusing (tobacco intake the Scandinavian way)
Cigarettes as well
I guess to much alcohol
To much Luther
Perfectionist, must be 110%
... and the weirdest thing of all; I allways ensure to do everything under the worst possible conditions: 1. when I have a deadline I do other things until it is allmost impossible to make it in time, 2. If I have an interview or a meeting where I have to impress to succeed, I do my best to provoke to the limit of irritate. 3. If I have to catch the train or the plane I'm late to the verge of missing... And so on.*

[Othesemo]

I tend to lie unnecessarily or for the sake of convenience, then have difficulty admitting it later (which can be a problem if what I was asked was actually important). Half the time, I don't even notice what I'm doing until the next day when the other person gets annoyed with me.

I also cannot get out of bed in the early morning. I can wake up and feel fresh and alert, knowing full well that I have to get up THEN, but I'll just go back to bed. My bed isn't even very comfortable- I just have some sort of pathological attraction to it.

[ollin24]

Procrastinate

[notarobot]

When I do what the Mark Zuckerberg character does at the end of Social Network.

[JulietCapulet]

I like to eat sugar.

[JC22]

I sometimes forget to charge the ipod before leaving the home.

[KeithP]

I'm unable to finish projects that I start. Like short stories/novels/starting a business/finding a different job/relationship building/etc. After I get that burst of inspiration, I start them, then after I start thinking about it, all ambition fades or other opportunities arise for me to start on ... and the cycle begins. Or ends ... or begins to end... then begins again.

---------- Post added 11-02-2011 at 02:12 AM ----------

Oh. And I'm an amazing liar. I can about lie my way out of any situation. It's bad, and something I've worked on over the past few years. Lying is an easy way to keep drama out of your life. I wish there was another way to do away with drama that didn't require something so guilt-ridden.

---------- Post added 11-02-2011 at 02:17 AM ----------

And I forgot to add my need to be inebriated nearly daily. Whether through drinks or smoking funny cigarettes. Also a major weak point. And smoking normal cigarettes.

I've got way too many self-destructive tendencies. Maybe this latest post is related to my issue with completing projects.

[Nonsuch]

Being the only employee in my IT group open about and willing to discuss errors. The rest of the group were working on contract and doing their utmost to give the impression that everything always went well with their assignments, in order that their contracts be renewed.

The end result of this difference in attitude was that our leader got the impression that I
was not a very competent developer while the rest were worth every penny he paid them, however expensive they were.

:(

[SeverusSin]

Procrastination, isolation, drinking & weed smoking

[CrudeHypothesis]

capabilities < perfectionism = procrastination