Friday, December 26, 2008

Advanced Personality Test

After reading that one in five young adults has a personality disorder, I assumed I should take a personality test to see how abnormal I am.

Found this spiffy app on Facebook. The results (my comments in italics):

Low Extraversion - you are not very social. This can
be harmless preference but for some it correlates to
unhappiness. Go out. Do stuff. Make friends. -- maybe I
should make this a New Year's Resolution?

Interdependence - you enjoy working with others.
You understand that you can't accomplish things alone,
so maybe avoid jobs where you work alone.
Low Need to dominate - you have little interest in
leadership. When you feel you are the most capable,
step forward on occasion.
Romantic - you desire true love. Take note though,
romantics are more likely to stay too long in bad
relationships. -- *sigh* SO true
Low Wealth - You're not rich. You're probably not
even a fiscal conservative - I try :P
Humanitarian - you want to make the world a
better place. I hope to hell you recycle.
Honor - you are true to your word. This is admirable
generally but keep in mind that inflexible honor can
sometimes be less than admirable/wise (like staying
loyal to a bad person).
Low Paranoia - you trust people generally. This
generally suggests health unless you have a pattern
of trusting bad people in which case you need to be
more discriminating. -- Grrr... must be more paranoid. :D
Low Extravagance - you are not into the bling-bling.
Vapid attractive people might not want to sleep with
you. -- This is why I turn them down first. Ha!

Above are my outliers, below are moderate scores:


Stability - you are tough and resilient. You have an advantage
over others in challenging and high stress careers / activities.
-- this could be why I survived all those jobs most people could not
withstand for five minutes!

Orderliness - you prefer an organized life. You would likely
prefer the predictability of a corporation to a startup company.
Intellectual - you want to advance your knowledge. Find
job(s) and/or hobby(s) which can satiate your curiousity drive.
Mystical - you like to explore the unknown and mysterious.
You might enjoy being a Shaman or studying ESP.
Low Materialism - you're not interested in chasing money.
Low Adventurousness - you are risk averse. A certain
amount of risk has some place in any healthy person's life.
Work ethic - you prefer to feel productive and busy. For
you working adds meaning to your life. You would not enjoy
a slacker existence or a career that was too easy.
Low Anti-authority - You don't have a problem taking
direction from an authority. Make sure you don't follow
authority blindly.
Dependency - you want to be taken care off by others. This
trait correlates more than any other on this test with Learned
Helplessness so look that up.
Change averse - you like to maintain the status quo. You
probably would not enjoy a job with entailed a lot of
unpredictability.
Cautiousness - you desire safety and security. You
probably would not be happy living in a dangerous
neighborhood. -- East Phillips isn't that bad, is it?
Sexuality - you like sexual pleasure
(and probably pleasure in general).
Low Peter pan complex - you are very mature
and probably may even be responsible. I hate you (sarcasm).
Low Vanity - you are not superficial (or so you claim).
Please note, though, that physical beauty has been
found to correlate to physical health.
Low Hedonism - you're not big on cigs and/or alcohol.
If you have substance abuse problems that's a good thing.
If not, moderation has been shown to have some health benefits.
Physically active - you like to lead a physically active life.
You probably would not relate very well to a non active person.
Religious - you are true to your religious beliefs.
Low Self image - you don't think you are attractive
(which may or may not be true). If there are healthy
changes you can make to improve that (exercise/diet), you
should. If not, don't worry about it. -- What's wrong with average?
Family drive - you value having a family.
Over population is no joke, replacement level reproduction please!

Followed by the simply average:




I found another quiz, not as extensive, but focused on personality disorders. Now I can stop worrying about possibly having one, and focus on maintaining and improving my health.

The results:

Disorder Rating Information
Paranoid: Low click for info
Schizoid: Moderate click for info
Schizotypal: Low click for info
Antisocial: Low click for info
Borderline: Low click for info
Histrionic: Moderate click for info
Narcissistic: Low click for info
Avoidant: Low click for info
Dependent: Moderate click for info
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low click for info

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