Who Am I?

"It's like your brain keeps switching between30 different channels and somebody else has the remote." ~ Brett Thornhill

I don't know about you, but I have found myself wondering, "Who am I," more than a few times in the past. Typically, this thought precedes some careless mistake, transgression, trial, anything that turns into a life lesson, really. Through those life lessons, though, we come to learn a little bit more about ourselves, who we are, what we can or cannot accept, what we will or will not allow into our lives. Our personality begins to take shape.
Ok, so what exactly is a personality?If you Google the definition of personality, you will find that Oxford Languages defines personality as:

1. the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character; qualities that make someone interesting or popular.
2. a famous person, especially in entertainment or sports.
3. the quality or fact of being a person as distinct from a thing or animal. [Archaic]
4. disparaging remarks about an individual. [Archaic]

Synonyms for personality include, but are not limited to:

• Character
• Individuality
• Identity
• Temperament

If you are really into personality tests and things of that nature, you may have come across what are known as the Four Temperaments.This personality typing system is one of the oldest around and it has been adapted and modified more than a few times over the years, such as DISC and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Through some observation, the Greek physician, Hippocrates, theorized that there are four fundamental personality types:

• Sanguine
• Choleric
• Melancholic
• Phlegmatic

A temperament is our nature, innate tendencies that affect our behavior. Our temperament determines how we react and respond in a given situation. Understanding our temperament can help with relationships; romantic, professional, friend, etc. When we are with people who are like-minded we feel more comfortable, and when we are with people who do not share the same ideas as us we can struggle to find common ground.

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We also like working with the Enneagram, which posits that people fall into 1 of 9 different personality types:

• The Reformer
• The Helper
• The Achiever
• The Individualist
• The Investigator
• The Loyalist
• The Enthusiast
• The Challenger
• The Peacemaker

What makes the Enneagram so unique is that it is more fluid, so you don't feel "boxed in" by your type. For example: if your core type is an 8, the Challenger, you take the unhealthy tendencies of a type 5 when in stress and the healthy tendencies of a type 2 when in growth. (Trust me, it'll make more sense if you take the test and read about the types).

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