I always correct people. Is something wrong?

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This is going to make me sound like a huge braggart, but I am an incredible intelligent human being. I have a wealth of knowledge on many subjects, and my intellect surpasses most of my fellow classmates (grade 11) by far.
That established, I have a problem with correcting people. Whenever I hear incorrect information being exchanged, I spontaneously correct it, often in a condescending or pretentious way. I am in fact a very nice person, and I am normally rather calm and chill, but I sound like a jerk when I constantly tell others that they are wrong.
I feel like other people grow tired of my corrections and think I am trying to show off my smarts.
This is not the case. In fact, I make a conscious effort to not speak when I here someone saying something wrong, but it feels strange somehow.
The best way I can describe it is like an itch. When someone says something wrong, eg: saying "nucular" instead of "nuclear," I feel like something has to be said about it, or else this bad feeling lingers in my brain.
I don't think I am doing this because my brain thinks it is its responsibility to prevent the spread from misinformation, so I seriously think I might have some sort of social disorder, which is strange because I am a very sociable person.

So to any psychologists out there: Is there a disorder that could explain what I am feeling? Or have I just developed a bad habit that I need to break? Is there anything I can do for it?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

its good to correct people if its something significant, but correcting trivial things like grammar and pronunciation errors can be a bit annoying. You're right it could be a disorder where you feel inferior and try to compensate by correcting everyone. Why is it so important to you that you have to correct something, instead of just observing it and letting it go? Also, people don't like to be proven wrong, so tell them lightly or don't tell them at all.

Anonymous · Answer

This is a bad habit. everyone does that have to that skill that you do. is that you are a perfectionist. you can be difficult really get along with. but I mean she would be a great professor for teacher because you can see the wrong and the right. Easily nobody in the ordinary world what's the correcion all the time and she lives on that world with others you need to correct yourself. real life realize English is not everyone first language. can when she stopped correcting people and forcing your perfection on them. you can better focus on what you need to do. hope you'll do well with that. One morr thing I have had a family corrector or actually 2 . even when they are incorrect and the pronunciation thing won't accept it. you have got so used to their own perfection think they're always correct. when somebody tells in the correct way of saying it it is very difficult they find it very hard to change their mind on anything. they have been rude to people all these years hardly anyone else in the family want to ever see in their company. everyone feels doiom every time they come walking around  you just know it's going to be a bad experience. someonewho expieranced it over and over. now send? control yourself now if you want to play people become a professor. Be as anil as you want to be in teaching as a professor. But be kinder to ur fanmily as you teach them or speak.

Nagato · Answer

No you are living in a society that wants to be retarded

Fight against it and continue correcting or else it will only get worse for future generation's intelligence

Cal Everett · Answer

Sometimes people may grow tired of you. Just dont correct them, they'll realise they got something wrong latter on.

Sweety · Answer

Sounds like it could be a form of OCD.

swagk1ng · Answer

Tell yourself that its none of your business

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I always correct people. Is something wrong?

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