Self-Description I consider myself to be a very driven person.. I’m eager in my classes, and love to engage in discussions with my professors and classmates. I was an avid reader as a child and took a deep interest in psychology when I was in middle school. I find it fulfilling to see the amount of progress I’ve made when I look back on my achievements. Supportive is another word I would use to describe myself. Whether providing an assuring, non-judgmental presence in order to be a good friend or honestly giving advice where it’s needed, I believe I’m good at being both a listener and an adviser. I’m usually the friend people call when they need to rant, or the friend that doesn’t mind staying up late to sit with a friend to talk through …show more content…
Even though I’m an introvert, I can easily strike up a small-talk conversation and people frequently tell me I’m well-spoken and confident. In stressful situations I’m proactive. Whenever I’ve disclosed the more difficult aspects of my life, people are usually very surprised because I don’t show a lot of that side. I find a lot of comfort in compartmentalizing the different aspects of my life and my relationships with people. Patterns of Relating When it comes to relating to others, I think I’m very good at adapting to different people. Sometimes, I take on a confident-boosting, friendly, and humorous attitude. I find this to be very helpful with friends who’ve just had a bad day. Other times I’m quiet and welcoming, I don’t claim to know exactly what a person is going through but I offer condolences where it’s appropriate and sometimes I just listen and that seems to help people feel better. With my boyfriend, he seems to like a combination of the two with some added constructive brainstorming. I think that I’m also very approachable when it comes to relating to people. I always make it clear that I don’t know a person’s exact experience, but I do make an effort to try and see life from their perspective. I don’t invalidate people’s experiences and feelings even though sometimes it irritates me or even offends me what they …show more content…
Through these events, I think of the professionals that helped me through these difficult times. Because of them, I lead a life that I am very proud of, and the skills they taught me have lead me to a place I never thought I would be. I was a suicidal teenager that struggled with self-injury and I couldn’t remember the last time I was happy. Now, I am proud to say I am about to graduate with two degrees. I have a loving, supportive, and fulfilling romantic relationship and I have great friends; my relationship with my family improves every day. I’ve learned the importance of self-care and recognizing when I need to take a step back and take care of myself. I’m inspired to help others, with the understanding that I may need to help people in different ways if being a therapist isn’t something that’s for me. There was a time in my life where I saw a lot of closed doors and I felt trapped, but I see so much more opportunity now that I recognize my potential and just how much control I have over my own
As an Introverts my attitude is more withdrawn. I tend to feed off of my inward thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. As an “I” in my personal life, I tend to hold my disappoint and anger towards others instead of sharing my feelings with that person. Conflict is a zone that I try to steer clear of.
I tend to be analytical, as previously mentioned, and supportive of others. Upholding high principles of morality and ethics have made me flourish as I have a lot of empathy towards the needy.
All people handle their own tragedies differently and need a different level of support while experiencing their difficulties. While some are able to persevere and accomplish amazing feats of recovery after their struggles, some people are not so lucky and choose to suffer.
...te and have very good communication skills. Each and every day I greet and/or compliment a different person with a smile just in case they’ve been having a bad day or haven’t heard anything positive in a while. I just always try to maintain a positive character and a healthy relationship with everyone.
I can be kind of closed off and separated from people at first, but once I start to know people and approach them more then I become very open and outgoing. I feel this is a very important aspect of my life, it could be a good thing or a bad thing. One problem that comes from this aspect of me is that it makes it hard for me to meet new people because I always come off as closed off. I see Chuck Nolan as being a very outgoing person and he is not afraid to express himself, that is one difference between me and Chuck, but I feel that in time I could be more open and more approachable as a person like
I love people. Since I am 81% extroverted, I gain energy from being with others and seek to make the people I love happy and one of my greatest joys is to see those I love succeed and have their dreams come true (16 Personalities, 2017). I am loyal, but I tend go somewhat overboard when trying to avoid conflict or make things work in a relationship. I can allow myself to be hurt by being transparent and then
I am more of an outgoing and extrovert person and one of my best quality is, I can communicate with people from different backgrounds. Smita mentioned that the she is a shy person and would hesitate to open up to strangers. Smita was an obedient child who could not go against the wishes of her family and elders. I was a pampered child and I would go sometimes against my family wishes like for example Smita mentioned that she had an arranged marriage and she had never met her husband till the day of the marriage. I had met my husband before marriage and although there was some initial opposition from my family against my choice, I was adamant and finally managed to convinced
I keep my emotions in and relaxed and I am usually very secure and sure of myself even with a large group of people.
I’ve always had a passion for helping others and I love the idea of being considered a dependable person. I enjoy when others come to me to talk about the hardship they are experiencing and being able to provide them with feedback or helpful advice. To do this I learned that you need to have the characteristics of a “people person”. You must be patient, which from my job experience of working in retail and the fast food industry, I would consider myself to be a highly patient person. I also posses the the skill of being outgoing and friendly. I allow myself to be comfortable when speaking with different types of people and I let myself open up so I can personally relate to them. By doing this I believe that others will return the comfort that I created and will want
Have you ever had a time in your life where you felt like everything was just dumped on you? I did, and undoubtedly it happened just as I came to school at State University. That saying, “When it rains, it pours,” just seemed to fit me perfectly. Within a two week period one of my friends from high school committed suicide, my grandma went in the hospital, and my boyfriend broke up with me. Yet, from these experiences in my life, I grew, more than I have ever grown before. This is why I am writing about it. Although, everyone goes through hard times, there were not many people out there who related to me. That is why it was hard to get help when it was needed. Maybe someone can learn from my experience and be just as strong as I was.
Especially towards people I don't know very well. However, people who I call my friends, know me as a very lively and talkative person.
My professional attitude is similar. I find that I try to communicate well with others and express my interest through body language such as smiling, eye contact, nodding of my head, etc. I do to show that I can be personable and hope to build good relationships on that. Based on my scores, I also show higher scores for Conventional, Dependant, and/or Avoidance. This is true in the sense that sometimes, if I find myself too comfortable in a situation; I tend to become withdrawn in order to protect my well being. I don’t want people to take advantage of me, so I become distant after a certain point. This does cause conflict for me both at work and in my personal affairs.
I am a quiet person, an introvert. Everyone knows it and I embrace it. It's just who I am, so who am I to change it? Being the quiet, silent type is easy for me.
I am extremely honest about myself. I typically acknowledge my faults before I concentrate on others. I even typically beat myself up. I don’t ask anyone to do things that I want do. I am normally trying to help cheer a person up or build them up.
Characteristics a feature or quality belonging to a person, place or thing and serving to identify it. There are many personal characteristics that can define a person as an individual; some characteristics determined if a person is nice, disrespectful, intelligent, or not intelligent but it determines how a person interprets you. I believe that every individual has integrity as one of their characteristics, but my top three characteristics are Integrity, Compassion, and hard-working and for the person who carried me throughout my whole life “my brother” his characteristics would be his responsibility.