TRUE TYPES POST #7: PETER *
DISC: Primary I profile, result: I (S)(D), Slot 7* (this is the most typical Primary I result)
SOJT type: fully differentiated Se-f (D>A dominant serves as dominant)
MBTI type most resonant: ESFP* (this is the most typical MBTI ESFP)
What were you like in high school?
I hated high school. I went to a boarding school for high school. It was in the middle of nowhere. I got to know everyone at the school pretty quickly and became bored. Because the school was so isolated, there was very little opportunity to go anywhere and meet new people. It was one of the worst times in my life. Yet, for some reason, everyone liked me. Maybe it was because I'm so nice, kind and charming. I certainly was not part of the "in" crowd
What is your greatest fear? What do you do to address it?
My greatest fear is losing control of my finances. I address this fear by really clamping down on my spending, and only buying things I need
Was there a time in your life where you felt you hit rock bottom? What was the situation behind it?
I'd say it was when I was in high school, which I was already hating, and then my father, my last living parent, passed away. I was an orphan, biologically speaking, at that point. Yeah, my stepmother became my legal guardian, but still the biological orphan feeling persisted. I was also so far away from home when my father passed, and I felt bad for not being there with him. I was able to get lots of counseling, though, for this situation, and have healed
Where would you put yourself on the social spectrum, and why?
A lot of people call me an extrovert, but I can come across as shy sometimes, when I'm trying to mentally process a person or object. I'm so fixated on that, you would have to talk to me first. I would not start the conversation in those cases. So, for where I'm at socially, I'm going with ambivert
What are some things that really bother you?
Well, if I didn't already mention it in the school situation-it really bothers me when I have no opportunities to meet new people. Cruel people and dishonest people bother me a lot too. Also, being required to do things I consider to be meaningless or irrelevant
What, would you say, are your biggest strengths?
I'm really nice and kind, warm and friendly. I love everyone, unconditionally and boldly. I am highly empathetic, and I am very honest. I am an open book. Everyone knows what I'm thinking and feeling all the time, because I'm very vocal about things,and even when I'm not, it's still plenty obvious how I'm thinking and feeling, through things like my tone of voice and my body language. Also, I am very good at relieving tension in tense situations
What, would you say, are your biggest weaknesses?
I tend to give up on things too easily. Therefore, I need lots of encouraging people in my life to keep me going. I'm also a poor planner and highly disorganized, so I come across to people a lot of times as undependable and unreliable. I need help in this area
When you switch your attitude between introverted and extroverted, or vise versa, what are you like?
When I'm introverted, I become highly suspicious of people and things, and question and test them. I also have a tendency to be more critical and complain a lot
What was the hardest thing you ever had to do? Why was it so hard?
The hardest thing I ever had to do was go to the high school- need I say more? Having no opportunities to meet new people, and the irrelevant courses, made it hard
What are you like when you're sad?
I start crying on the inside. I try to keep it on the inside when I'm in front of people, but sometimes I just can't
How masculine/feminine do you feel in relation to others of your gender?
I'm highly involved in fitness and sports, one *good* thing that came out of my high school experience, so I would say I'm a little bit more masculine than most men
Here's 4 focuses you can have in life: tasks, people, objects and ideas. Which one would be your primary focus and why? Which one would be your secondary focus and why?
My primary focus is objects, for sure. I fixate on them. I study them. I use them to do all kinds of things. I'd say my second is people. I love to study people and get to know them as well, but as I mentioned earlier, often objects distract me from people. So yeah, I'd say objects first, then people
What do you do to have fun?
To have fun, I have to be engaged in some kind of activity. I'm not one to just sit on a beach or something. No. I've got to be moving around
What was the nicest thing you ever did for someone, and why did you do it?
I had a friend named Rob in high school, who decided after high school that he no longer wanted to be my friend. He ended up befriending someone who was breaking the law. When that person got arrested, Rob was with him and got arrested too. Rob could not afford his bail to get out of jail. Although I knew he no longer wanted to be my friend, which was so sad for me, I still created an online fundraiser to raise his bail money. I asked a bunch of people who knew both of us to contribute. We were successful in helping Rob post bail
Thanks, Peter, for sharing with us. We appreciate it
Additional typologies I've been able to do since:
Big 5: High on E, A; Low on O, C, N (SCUAN)
Enneagram: 3w2, sx/so 379
Sociotype: SEE-Se(A), SEE-H (G)
Additudinal Psyche: EFVL
Greek Temperament Blend: Sanguine/Phlegmatic
Psychosohpy: EFVL
