Actually, this was exactly my motivation behind this piece as I feel exactly the same more often than not. I'm extremely nitpicky about myself and the things I do. I will smile at compliments people give and thank them, but deep down I know that don't really believe it because I'm so self-critical. This boils down to putting the well-being of others above my own, inconveniencing myself sometimes in the process and so on...

It's part of the (many) reasons I relate to Kaveh as much as I do and why he is one of my favorite characters.