Editor's Note:  In response to a post in which a person characterized themselves as a "thinker" personality who always moved slowly and never got emotional or excited. With the emphasis on NEVER!
 
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Are you this way even when engaged in deeply intimate sexual contact?

Or is it possible. . . .just maybe. . . . you never really know. . .I mean, what if you were to gauge your personality type on a context by context basis? I think it would be more than a little possible that you would find that you responded differently in different contexts. I can see it now. Your house is on fire, and you have guests staying over. But since you prefer written over verbal communication, would you really consider writing your guests a note? Or maybe you would forgo the note. And, using a steady monotone voice, while moving along slowly without exhibiting any unnecessary facial expression, you say to your guests ......................... the ......................... house ......................... is ......................... on ......................... fire ......................... and ......................... we ......................... need ......................... to ......................... get ......................... out ......................... of ......................... here.

I don't think so!!! And, it might be useful to throw out the notion of personality type and simply build in whatever you want to build in. Of course, it would also be useful to respect context while you are building. This way you can have any type of behavior that you need for any given context.

It really never ceases to amaze me the level at which some people buy into the notion that they are robots and not human beings. And not just human beings - but creative, flexible, capable creatures that can, and have, throughout all history, found ways to surpass what they had done the day before. Think about it. Are you really this person.....ALWAYS? And do you not remember that you do have a choice? Gee. I wonder what would happen if you held constant, not who you think you are, but the way in which you go about creating your representation of self. But only this time, as you begin thinking about how you think about who you are, you automatically slip into that way of thinking of some other personality type. Even one that you made up from scratch.

Bye

Carmine


 
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