Extroversion: The Bad Side of Bright Personalities

While introversion is often stigmatized, extroversion is associated with addiction, personality disorders, and risky behaviour. [side note: extrAversion is also acceptable spelling] Extroversion: everyone’s favourite personality trait. On the surface anyway.  Understandably so: extroversion is assertiveness, gregariousness, warmth, charisma, and social ability. All very endearing [...]

By |2021-05-21T11:05:24-04:00May 21st, 2021|Health & Well Being|

Neuroticism: How to Manage Negative Emotion

Negative emotion (i.e. neuroticism) is manageable and, potentially, a powerful aid in life. People higher in neuroticism have more active fight and flight systems; they are more sensitive to stimulation and threat. [It looks like there’s overlap between neuroticism and what the scientific community is [...]

By |2021-05-21T11:04:50-04:00March 9th, 2021|Health & Well Being|

Openness: The Chaos Problem

If you like fantasy, wacky things like anime, or respond quite emotionally to art or music, you might be high in trait openness. Chances are, you feel a bit like a weirdo at times. Likely, you're creative, open-minded, explorative, imaginative, abstract-minded, and higher in emotionality. Open [...]

By |2021-05-21T11:31:17-04:00February 4th, 2021|Health & Well Being|

Agreeableness: The Niceness Problem

Agreeable people care well for others; not always for themselves. This post is part of a series - read Part 1 first.  Agreeable people have big hearts. Love and compassion come easy; words tend to be tactful and careful.  If you’re agreeable, you’re a peacekeeper, [...]

By |2021-05-21T11:47:54-04:00November 21st, 2020|Health & Well Being|

The Tasks of Self-Discovery

Understanding yourself is a fascinating process... but it's also a devastating one. Like many of my fellow Millenials & psychology nerds, the Myers-Briggs and Enneagram have granted me some cool personal insights. Recently, however, the Big Five has superceded them. An atheoretical scientific model of [...]

By |2021-07-28T09:46:51-04:00November 4th, 2020|Health & Well Being|

How to be Less Awkward Post-Quarantine

Alright. Now that COVID has flattened the curve of social skills, it means we’re all on even ground. I finally have a fighting chance. Alright maybe not, since introversion is mostly biological and extroverts will always have the advantage. But COVID finally lifting seems as [...]

By |2021-05-26T15:56:11-04:00August 3rd, 2020|Health & Well Being|
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