Do you hold yourself to a different standard than you hold others to?

I let most people get away with stuff I would never let myself get away with. I might want someone else to do an excellent job, but if they make a mistake or screw it up, I figure that happens. It’s all right. We’ll try something else.

But when I make a mistake, I don’t give myself such leeway. I figure there is something seriously wrong with me to make such a mistake. I feel like I’ve let everyone down, and no one should forgive me. If they do try to forgive me, I wonder what kind of idiot are they?

I know this is not a very accurate view of myself, not is it particularly helpful to me. It’s just one more tool in the arsenal of “Kill Wundayatta” tools. It’s ridiculous, but it’s hard to ease off on the pressure I place myself in. Or under. I don’t know. But I should!

Do you expect different things of yourself than you expect of others? In what way? What, in your life, laid the groundwork for you to hold this double standard?