If you could destroy one characteristic of yourself, what would it be?

Longing

~The ability to destroy one aspect of myself. No really; I don’t know myself well enough to go fiddling with wishes again.

Laziness

Anxiety

No, I wouldn’t destroy anything. I’m the sum of my parts, good and bad. I’ll work on the bad and keep the good.

Procrastination. I’m planning on destroying that bad habit… I’ll get around to doing it any day now.

My inability to destroy anything.

Apathy.

My hedonistic side.
I love to eat, and am, in general, very orally fixated. If something is good just kill me with it. That could be raspberry sherbet or heroin. haha No, I do not use heroin.
I’m St. Pauli girl these days with extra cleavage and a nice round german butt,, the skirts are getting shorter.. lol

Foolishness

I wish I was not so loyal to the undeserving.

Anxiety (when things are going well) and fear of rejection.

Jealousy

My empathy.

Insecurity

The single biggest impediment to peace of mind and well-being in my life has been wishing that I were different somehow: more this, or less that. It has taken me a long time to see how pointless and painful that kind of thinking is. “Self-improvement” sounds like a great idea, but it’s built on a faulty premiss: that there’s something wrong with the way you are.

Better to fully understand how you are, what tendencies you have that lead to painful results and what tendencies lead to beneficial results, then choose your actions accordingly.

Anxiety
Insecurity
Fear

Amen to @thorninmud‘s observations. Therein lies the heart of my insecurity—always thinking I need to be different from what I am in the moment. So much wasted energy.

@thorninmud Very beautifully and wisely put.

The graphic novel series Locke and key has an interesting subplot where one of the main characters reaches into her head and removes pain and fear. I haven’t yet read the whole series but it definitely foreshadows a “be careful what you wish for” set up.

My lousy self-esteem.

My constant anger.

Anger, regret, crippling anxiety. The list is endless!

Unnecessary Involvement.