Personality Types

I am NOT a psychologist, but I am a writer and I psychoanalyse people constantly. (It’s kind of a creepy obsession). I pay close attention to how people talk, think, act and behave, and generally act accordingly to how they are. I’ve always been like that; how I act depends on who I’m with. It’s a codependent thing that I am trying to move away from. Sometimes it’s a defense mechanism.

Needless to say, people are very multi-faceted and can cross in between these different ‘layers’ of personality at certain times in their lives. There are multiple theories of personality. Two popular ones are ‘The Big Five Personality Test‘ and ‘The Myer-Briggs Type Indicator’.‘  The MBTI is based on the theory of personality by Carl Jung, who claimed that the four dominant sensations for humans are sensation, intuition, feeling and thinking, and that one of these was mostly dominant for everyone during most of their life. (I suppose you could say sensation is physical, intuition is instinctive, feeling is emotional and thinking is intellectual).

The ‘Big Five’ test is a more commonly accepted framework for personality. Both look at intraversion vs extraversion, neuroticism vs stability, empathy vs sociopathy, and the like. Seeing where you fall in between these extremes can help to better get to know and understand yourself. Naturally we are always changing as people, but in terms of our ‘core’ person-hood, I believe that we have a fundamental sense of self and character that doesn’t necessarily change, but grows, develops and matures over time. We are shaped by our experiences.

Edit: according to the ’16 personality types’, I am ‘The Protagonist’ (or ENFJ personality)
https://www.16personalities.com/enfj-personality

And an awesome song to end with (Credits to Living Colour):