If you could change your personality (other than mental illness) what would you change?
I think that me now back from vacation. I noticed Iām loud, I talk a lot, sometimes I gossip, Iām judgemental, sometimes obnoxious and i make offensive jokes. Nobody told me this but i noticed. I have a lot of great qualities that I like, I donāt hate myself but I think maybe I should be more reserved, talk less especially behind people and stop comparing myself to others.
What about you?
I wouldnāt change anything, to be honest. In real life I am mostly silent & calm. I typically donāt say anything to anyone unless someone else initiates a conversation. Iām very reserved socially, but very in-tune with humor - even the lame forms of humor. I laugh quite easily.
Online, itās different. I speak my mind and very seldom care of the consequences of doing so. Online stuff tends to cause stress, though, as just about everyone has an equal platform or even higher platform to talk from. Harder to get things done, in my opinion.
I would make myself less schizophrenic and keep the rest.
My big five, 16pf and Myers Briggs are all solid, but my MMPI-2 is horrific.
Big five says I am extremely conscientious and low in neuroticism and agreeableness, high in extroversion and openness.
16pf says Iām a polite killer.
MMPI-2 says Iām a perfect storm for an early death, most likely by suicide or accidental suicide, but also said if you take away the schizophrenia, Iām just a killer like the ones in the elite outfits of the military.
MBTI says I am an ENTJ and has said so for years. Thatās arguably the most effective personality of all 16, itās the rational leader. Military officer is a great job for ENTJās.
Thatās extroverted, intuitive, thinking and judging. Known for being a charismatic leader yet also known for having a cold side that wonāt tolerate any crap.
Good question waterwayā¦I would make myself more assertiveā¦more like stand up for myself betterā¦stronger personality. Like yesterday my friend was talking about drugs a lot (opiates) and not only was I getting annoyed but he was getting triggered I could tellā¦ And instead of saying āletās not talk about thisā right awayā¦I let it go on too long. Then I finally said āmaybe we shouldnāt talk about this anymoreā while laughingā¦as if it was funny. Wish I didnāt have to laugh or let it go on so long. Be more assertive.
I would give almost anything to be more comfortable in my skin. I have a lot of anxiety based behaviors I canāt control and that I hate. What I would give to be relaxed around people.
Yeah iām lucky iām great with people and have no axiety but i feel like i have no control on how much i have energy and how much i talk. I put no privacy on my life whatsoever. I tell everything to everyone.
The number one thing that I would change is to get rid of my neuroticism and fears. Iād like to have a better sense of humor, itās very hard to get me to laugh if itās not potty humor or chaos in a movie.
Yeah i feel like my sense of humour also changed on meds. Sometimes my friends laugh on things that i donāt understand. Thereās a good quote on that
I do a little work each dayā¦ I think personality manifests from the core of the selfā¦ itās not really a skill or an act you learnā¦ you just recompose what is inside and it shows naturallyā¦
I want to seem content, happy, unshaken, serious, focused, capable, inviting, nice, respectfulā¦ each one requires its own element of āstanceā inside.
Giving up on having a social identityā¦ giving up on consuming substancesā¦ devoting my time to pursuing my real interests (which for now is mainly music and video gamesā¦ but there is also lifehacking) Just learning to live the best I can as cheaply as possibleā¦ itās already freed up hundreds of dollars which has allowed me to draw up the plans of perfect my technological āempire,ā basically a decked out PCā¦ and 4 psps for wireless play with friends when they come over(or if I want to bring a couple psps with meā¦ I can play 1 v 1 with people wherever)ā¦
There are benefits to this way of lifeā¦ the life of the teetotaler.
It has made me stronger already and more at peace. It is also allowing me to enhance the functionality of my lifeā¦ soon Iāll be saving up for school and maybe even working part time to accelerate the process, almost entirely free of the directionless lifestyle I was living since I originally moved out at 18.
I want to live a life of respect and harmonyā¦ I have no more time to be a drug addled outlier. I love the counter cultureā¦ but itās something you kind of graduate from,ā¦ you do the drugs, you chase the buzz, you question everythingā¦ then you find yourself way out in the sz boonies of life. It was like a train ride out thereā¦ but unfortunately you gotta make the slow walk back and you gotta do it alone.
Iām pretty sure it all work outā¦ Iām so sober nowā¦ the only thing that bothers me is at the end of the day my brain gets all sloppy and slow and forgetful because I had been using it to much all day.
I like my personality over all. One of my main faults is I ālose itā when I sense unfairness going on. Itās even gotten me in trouble with the Cops in the past.
I would make myself less angry, less suspicious and better able to express affection.
But all in all I like my personality. Iām low on neuroticism, high on agreeableness (though not sure if that translates to my online personality) and high on openness and conscientiousness. Slightly extroverted.