Me, Myself & Irate

Do you ever get really frustrated with just the way that you ARE?  Cos if you do, doesn’t it suck horribly?  I’ve been struggling to find out how my mind actually works.  It frustrates me when I shut down in certain situations.  BUT I’m really excited, because recently I found out a great way to explain it….

     If you’ve ever heard of the disc test, TAKE IT.  Seriously it’s amazing.  You can completely get a better grip on who you are, and how other people are.  Why they react to certain things the way that they do, what makes them happy, who they work well with, et cetera.  I definitely, definitely have used it to understand people after taking it.  Alright, but if you don’t take it you may not understand this, but I’ll explain it real quick.  D, I, S, & C are the four different personality types.  Every person pretty much has all of them, but it’s what you have the most of that really describes you.  D – Dominant This is someone who makes decisions, quickly, and leads people, they can seem harsh, but their great decision makers.  I – Influential These are the party people, love to have fun, people oriented and outgoing.  S – Stable These are the people who are loyal, stable, rely on others for decisions, and rely mostly on their relationships with other people.  C – Cautious  These are the nerdies who love detail, they make every decision slowly after observing their options. 

So, I’m an S, I or an I, S.  This is where I get to explain how my mind works.  I’m stable, loyal (although not resistant to change), I rely on relationships for my own self-worth, my job is important to me, I have to do well at it.  The I part of me is outgoing, people oriented, I can rely on what others think of me, and I have a hard time with being prompt about stuff.  So, here’s the thing.  S’s and I’s are very different.  I score highly in both.  This means I can almost be introverted, submissive, but then all of the sudden be off the wall and really outgoing.  I realize now that my happiness dwells on my relationships with other people, and my job.  I struggle with self-worth recently, and I realize that’s because I don’t have as many friends as I did before.  I draw my confidence from other people.  I also realize that I don’t like my job very much because it’s very DETAIL oriented, and I’m people oriented.  I do realize I like my job more now that I’m going into peoples houses and talking to them.  Funny how obvious everything is, once you get the right glasses to look at it with. 

So my point in this is find out who you are, and how you react to stuff because it defintely helps.  Counseling can do that, or just take the disc test.  It’s completely worth it.

KBYE