How well do you know yourself?

I wonder, how well do you know yourself? Or rather, are you in denial about some of your negative qualities? I'm wondering this because I work with someone who is apparently oblivious about two particular qualities. She exclaimed to me once, "I'm not a complainer." And yet, that's all she does. Literally. She's not talking if she's not complaining or bitching about something or someone. When she made that statement, I had to bite my lip from laughing out loud, "WHAT?!" She was serious. And just now, she actually said, "I'm in remarkable health." Um, yeah. Here's a woman who coughs everytime she laughs, and refuses to see the cardiologist because she doesn't want to hear any bad news, even though her physician said she should! She wears a mouth guard at night so she doesn grind away her teeth - from what? Stress probably? Not healthy.

Now, to be fair, I'm not perfect. I know this may come as a shock to some of you. But, it's true. My husband wholeheartedly will attest to this. In fact, just this morning he had the pleasure of experiencing first hand one of my most negative qualities...selective listening. Selective in that, it only happens with him. It appears that I'm listening--I nod in the right places, even throw in a "Mhmm"--yet I'm not really hearing anything. Of course, I don't realize at the time that I'm doing this. I like to think that I'm just not retaining it. But when the conversation comes back up, and I have no idea what's he's talking about, I know I'm in trouble. Could it be ADD? By the way people who know me? This post is in no way an invitation to share what you think are my negative qualities. Because you're wrong.