And not just because I probably need one.
I started studying various methods of personality typing more than a decade ago (oof!), back in high school (double oof!), while spending copious amounts of time with my then-boyfriend and his very eclectic family which included his mom's life partner, a bookkeeper-turned-astrologist.
Quick digression: Astrology is like the gateway drug of the occult. Your boyfriend's moms give you a copy of "The Everything Astrology Book" for Christmas and the next thing you know you're sitting around the table in their candlelit, crystal filled dining room getting your tarot cards read. Then you're joining the family for weekend outings to psychic fairs and spending hard earned babysitting money on palmistry and aura photography. Suddenly you discover that you're not the least bit shocked to walk in to their home after a Friday night football game to find a seance in full swing, and a medium you've only met once in your life being possessed by the spirit of her dearly departed mentor.
Sure, it was interesting and often very entertaining, but none of it was for me. I've never had an interest in divination. I just want stupid people, myself included, explained.
I stumbled into numerology while listening to late-night talk radio, and I find it to be both more practical and more secure. I mean, when's the last time the number seven got downgraded by scientists for being too small?
Seriously though, the numerologist whose methods I study doesn't use numbers to predict what's going to happen in five years. Rather, she helps people understand themselves, those around them, and their interpersonal relationships. It's the Holy Grail of personality typing for this eternal student of self.
My entire point, though, is that I'm still a sucker for other good personality typing methods. I adore a Myers-Briggs or Jungian archetype exam. And I doubt you'll find anyone else who will admit they've taken the free eHarmony personality test for kicks after hearing the site had refused to allow a friend to sign up because she failed the assessment (I, on the other hand, passed). Hell, I'll take pet-parenting-style personality tests, home decor personality quizzes, and fill out just about any other kind of questionnaire that will provide me with additional insight into who I am.
So it's no surprise that when my baby sister posted this link to a short form version of the Pierley/Redford Dissociative Affect Diagnostic exam on her Facebook page this evening, I was compelled to follow and get my diagnosis. And while this is one of the most bizarre tests I've taken, I have to say the results are scary accurate. Try it for yourself, especially if you're a little nuts about this stuff like me.
Here are my results:
"Fond of tradition, but attached more to the joy of human interaction, you are often a beacon of hope to those members of society who have lost faith or who are in need of succor. You are often emotional, and this emotionality is rarely held in check. Kind and helping by nature, when affronted you will explode, and just as suddenly when the pain has passed return to normalcy again. On occasion this quick and vibrant emotionality is translated into a life on the stage or screen. You have a strong sense of right and wrong, but can sometimes be left confused and uncertain in times of stress or when tough decisions must be made. You avoid conflict, tending to stay out of trouble in hopes that the group will benefit most from this behavior. Because you have trouble putting your own needs first, you will be put in much stress if you find yourself in an unequal relationship, one in which your partner is not as giving as you are."
So weird.
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