Oh, I’ve just looked up the characteristics of the personality type I received from the meme in my last post:
- moody
- not good at sports
- low energy level
- unable to speak up for self
- avoidant
- depressed
- withdrawn
- attracted to things associated with sadness
- easily frightened
- feels defective
- lonely
- no self confidence
- easily discouraged
- avoids crowds
- backs down when threatened
- easily intimidated
- socially unskilled
- loner
- unproductive
- late with work
- prone to health problems
- focuses on fantasies more than reality
- self loathing
- wounded at the core
- easily hurt
- often sad
- becomes overwhelmed by events
- fearful
- rarely prepared
- fears doing the wrong thing
- often aware how the color and lighting of a room affects their mood
- feels untalented
- quiet around strangers
- prone to addiction
- doubting
- anxious
- easily confused
- frequently overwhelmed by unpleasant feelings
- weak sense of purpose
- relates to broken and discarded things
- unsure where life is going
- continually losing things
- fears drawing attention to self
- avoids unnecessary interaction
- often bored
- second guesses self
- embarrassed by praise
- worrying
- resigned
- prone to jealousy
Wow. That’s really positive isn’t it?
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Okay I know that it might seem like that is not very positive but that kind of testing is supposed to tell you about your inner self that you might not have noticed until you read the response to the tests. This is supposed to tell you your flaws and maybe some strengths but this will allow you to try to realize more often when you are having these flaws therefore you can maybe try to change them and be more outgoing. What test did you take I’m interested.
Hi Lauren,
The test is this one: http://cityculture.org/bigfive.html
If you look through all the possible results you will see that almost all the results list purely negative traits. There was at the time, and this was four years ago so excuse any gaps in my memory, some amused discussion of this on various blogs. It’s not a bad test (it’s not a good one either) but the authors clearly have a bias when it comes to describing the results.
No personality type is all negative or all positive and a better description would include both sides. Indeed in many cases negative personality traits are just positive traits taken to the extreme.