Posts tagged “personality”

Killing time with a sore jaw by taking OkCupid quizzes. Turns out I'm an emotional hippie, attracted to pretty boys, an English genius, a cool nerd, and a success-driven Type Three. The grammar test at least salvaged my pride.

DisorderRatingParanoid:LowSchizoid:ModerateSchizotypal:HighAntisocial:HighBorderline:LowHistrionic:HighNarcissistic:Very HighAvoidant:LowDependent:LowObsessive-Compulsive:Moderate-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! -- I'm sure no one will be surprised to learn that I "seek attention and praise" and am "self-centered". It gets quite close to the bone though: They tend to be choosy about picking friends, since they believe that not just anyone is worthy of being their friend. They tend to make good first impressions, yet have difficulty maintaining long-lasting relationships. They are generally uninterested in the feelings of others and may take advantage of them. Whoops! I didn't realise that was a common psychosis. Likewise, the schizoidal stuff sounds like me: They sometimes believe to have extra sensory ability or that unrelated events relate to them in some important way. They generally engage in eccentric behavior and have difficulty concentrating for long periods of time. Their speech...

Sick at home, so I took a BBC personality test. Turns out I'm a "Big Thinker": outspoken, ideas-focused, tactless, and terrible at follow-through. Basically a "tactless argumentative bastard" who thinks everyone else is unimportant. Sounds about right.

Took a left brain/right brain test and it nailed me: overly methodical, paralyzed by options, constantly trying to categorize everything. Apparently I'm best suited to be a scientist or design consultant. Now if only it told me how to actually fix these tendencies.

A poem about the drama queen we all know: bouncing from crisis to crisis, spreading gossip, making mountains from molehills. She's exhausting, self-aware, and completely unrepentant. And honestly? Every friend group needs one.