Does this describe you?

I was reading my Health Promotion book today (I am a nursing student) and it said "Persons who are compulsive, obsessively clean, and prompt are more likely to develop UC than persons who are not perfectionists." Uc seems to pop up everywhere...even in my reading. There is no escape!

Not only does that not describe me, but I don't believe that behavioral traits cause one to develop UC. Just one more example of a book being out of touch.

Sue

I was not an anxious person.
Why does it sound like lazy, tardy, dirty people don't get UC and hard-working, prompt, clean people do?
I would expect many many health professionals to have UC with these standards. I want my doctors to have these traits (especially "clean") but amazingly none of them have UC, none...ever.

Honestly this sounds like "blame the vicim" mentality.

Well I would say that I'm prompt and a perfectionist but I don't think this caused me to have UC.

I am also not an anxious person and obsessively clean...not so much.  I'm not dirty but I have the usual clutter and it doesn't stress me out.

I think UC is genetic for me.

LOL...I think procrastinators are perfectionists actually...and I'm both to a degree. I do have anxiety and tend to slide to the darker side to deal with it when I realise I'm overwhelmed instead of setting up my options. It doesn't last a long time anymore, but it's definitely part of my hardwiring.

I'm also tardy to varying degrees...mostly because of my own "image" issues of at least being presentable to face the world....the bottom line is time management and butt issues...I don't "get ready" until I've had my poo..lol...then life begins.
When I have appointments where I have to be on time, I "have to..groan...get up much earlier to let my butt do its thing...sigh".

Dr. Phil called being late and consistent tardiness arrogant...believing one can do "this much stuff in the alotted time one allows". That definitely hit home and being conscious about it helps. I was also addicted to the being late rush, and the challenge of driving totally "on".

My body clock day/night schedule is also out of whack...but working on it.

It's been interesting dealing with stuff and going ahead to just git'r'dun....but that involves lots of decision making. I'll think about it now and do it later. Nothing serves a fantasy more than dreaming life is perect.

Therapy screwed that all up realising just how much control I actually do have and how much I don't, and how I react to it all...that in itself is stressful because it just takes up so much thinking time....poor me, tsk.

Many people I know have anxiety and are perfectionists, but they don't have any serious issues that I know of.

q

I am not a perfectionist. My home is not obsessively clean. When I clean, I go all out, I use bleach and whatever toxic methods necessary to ensure I've killed any mold or bactiera that may be living in my sink/toilet/tub/grout. I don't see a point in cleaning if you're not going to do a good job. That said, I don't do it often enough to call myself obsessive. I am actually too exhausted to obsess over perfection. Having pets and a messy finance doesn't help. I can't and don't desire to clean up after other people. If I lived alone, I'd probably live in a neurotically clean home and I'd be more comfortable that way. I actually wonder if the lack of cleanliness and inability to keep up with my neurosis has caused a deeper issue which makes me feel uncomfortable and unhappy with my living environment and that contributed to my developing UC.