I am poor dull and take it as it comes. One of the top optimists in and around me. If I go to the station and find the last train is already gone, I think it might me late and hang around the empty platform for hours. I thought I was a lost case in humanity. And I read this:
Perfectionists — that is, those who expressed "a strong motivation to be perfect" and revealed a tendency toward "all or nothing thinking" — were approximately 51 percent more likely to have died during the life of the study than those with more reasonable self-expectations. Those who were rated high on neuroticism — for instance, those who reported often feeling tense — did even worse: Their risk of death nearly doubled compared with those with a more relaxed disposition.
In contrast, "risk of death was significantly lower for high scorers in conscientiousness, extraversion and optimism," reports lead author Prem S. Fry, a research psychologist at British Columbia's Trinity Western University. She notes that previous research has found that "perfectionism exerts a great deal of stress on health," while optimism "is viewed as a stress-alleviating factor."
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/140159/do_perfectionists_face_early_deaths_new_study_suggests_yes/?comments=view&cID=1218605&pID=1218599#c1218605
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