I'm Not a Perfectionist and I Feel Like I Was Never Perfect at a School

i was constantly just wanting like some sort of affirmation so i exaggerate everything because i'm trying to overcompensate so that you get the reaction and it's like so crazy because i'll still do it and people will just be like cool and i'll be like well actually  just take two dollars off what i think. It is embarrassing when i'm caught in like these little like lies and people are just like what is that and i'm like oh it's because i actually was like constantly just wants like some sort Of affirmation so i feel like there is like i appreciate that i'm not a perfectionist because like i never was whatever to an extreme that you were like thought like