Hi Tracy, On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:58:57 +1300, "Nick Grant" <[email protected]> wrote:
>No, by temperaments, I mean a melancholy disposition. You know, sanguine, >choleric, melancholy, and phegmatic? I've known very few kids that fit that description. Only adults. Maybe infected early?? :) >If you haven" t heard of them, maybe >Myers Briggs? No? Yup. I helped a little on one personality inventory of this type (and worked somewhat more on the MMPI). > What I am trying to say is that some dispositions >predispose people to depression. Extroverts, Introverts, Optimists, >Pessimists etc. The way we are made. That's an assumption by some psychologists. Yes, tests can be invented that shows how people view themselves at the time of the tests. Astrology says people should have basic personalities based on when and where they are born (or conceived, depending on which version you follow). Other psychologists (especially those trained in NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis) say the extrovert/introvert/INTP/etc. isn't really true -- that anyone can be any of those things **depending on their current world-view (or gestalt).** >Melancholy personalities tend to be >perfectionists, which is frustrating since we live in an imperfect world. >This can even cause depression in some people. Might sound silly, but its >true. > >These temperaments tend to be more sensitive, more affected by life's >turmoils. They don't bounce back quite the same when hurt emotionally etc. >This predisposes them to depression. The above is a good generalization, but none of this signifies clinical depression. There are specific guidelines for clinical depression, and many of the sound like fibromyalgia or other "physical" diseases. IMO, the NLP model is closer to "the truth" for sensitive, melancholy personalities -- and the virus idea is closer for clinical depression. -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moyn (CDP, KB0ZDF) -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
