Being the overachiever. It can be a good thing or a bad thing depending how you look at it. Sometimes people think you try too hard and that you're always trying to outdo everyone else. On the inside the truth of the matter is you have something to prove to yourself. It's not always easy being the overachiever. Here are 11 struggles over achievers know all too well.

1. Your biggest critic is yourself.

When you finish a task you often feel like you didn't do it well enough; you could have done better and you get really frustrated. No matter what you do, nothing seems good enough for your biggest critic... That critic is you.

2. You're constantly concerned with what others think as well.

Of course you want to impress other people as well as yourself. You want them to think highly of you. You want them to think you're smart but you don't want them to think you're a try hard either.

3. Failure isn't an option.

Bad grades aren't an option. Not getting a job: unacceptable. Not making the top ten in something: nope. When you don't do well in something you really do feel like it's the end of the world.

4. Which leaves you constantly disappointed unless you feel like you're the best at basically everything.

Like I mentioned earlier not doing well is the end of the world for an overachiever. If you don't get that A- instead of that B+ it drives you crazy.

5. This leads to lots of anxious feelings.

When you do something important and you're waiting for the results you feel yourself filled with fear. You second guess your decisions. Ask yourself, what if I didn't do well? Etc.

6. You cannot take criticism.

Criticism is a no go when it comes to overachievers. They do not like to hear their flaws and wrongdoings. It doesn't mean that they think they're perfect, believe me, they believe they're far from it. But, it really hurts their feelings a little extra to hear "negative" things about themselves.

7. You have definitely cried over a grade before.

I'll admit it. I cried over that one 89 when it ruined my chance at high honors. I have been so stressed over a presentation that it lead me to tears.

8. You're constantly overloading yourself.

You are constantly piling things on your to do list. You not only have a mile long list of things you want to do for yourself but you can't help but attempt to do a million things for other people as well. You just don't know when to stop.

9. When it all catches up with you you completely meltdown.

When that little extra piece of stress is added to your already enormous workload sometimes you break. You have a complete meltdown. You take a little time to go off the handle and then you compose yourself until the next mental breakdown.

10. This is all just a part of who you are.

You can't help but be obsessive. You can't help but to always strive for the best. This is just the way you are and have been since as long you can remember.

11. But most people just don't get that.

A lot of people don't like over achievers. They think they're always trying to out do other people and they try way too hard but this isn't always the case. It's important not judge from the outside because some people are just very hard on themselves. They feel like they need to their best for themselves.

12. Love yourself!

So my advice to the overachievers out there like me is to just do your best. I know it's hard not to obsess or get worked up if you feel like you're not good enough but there's nothing more you can do than try your best. Loving yourself is important.