Via Mang GB’s blog, found this personality test thing and got interesting, semi-true results:

Harmony-seeking Idealists are characterized by a complex personality and an abundance of thoughts and feelings. They are warm-hearted persons by nature. They are sympathetic and understanding. Harmony-seeking Idealists expect a lot of themselves and of others. They have a strong understanding of human nature and are often very good judges of character. But they are mostly reserved and confide their thoughts and feelings to very few people they trust. They are deeply hurt by rejection or criticism. Harmony-seeking Idealists find conflict situations unpleasant and prefer harmonious relationships. However, if reaching a certain target is very important to them they can assert themselves with a doggedness bordering on obstinacy.

Harmony-seeking Idealists have a lively fantasy, often an almost clairvoyant intuition and are often very creative. Once they have tackled a project, they do everything in their power to achieve their goals. In everyday life, they often prove to be excellent problem solvers. They like to get to the root of things and have a natural curiosity and a thirst for knowledge (I like to think so). At the same time, they are practically oriented, well organized and in a position to tackle complex situations in a structured and carefully considered manner. When they concentrate on something, they do so one hundred percent - they often become so immersed in a task that they forget everything else around them. That is the secret of their often very large professional success.

As partners, harmony-seeking idealists are loyal and reliable (I like to think so); a permanent relationship is very important to them. They seldom fall in love head over heels nor do they like quick affairs. They sometimes find it very difficult to clearly show their affection although their feelings are deep and sincere. In as far as their circle of friends is concerned, their motto is: less is more! As far as new contacts are concerned, they are approachable to only a limited extent; they prefer to put their energy into just a few, close friendships. Their demands on friends and partners are very high. As they do not like conflicts, they hesitate for some time before raising unsatisfactory issues and, when they do, they make every effort not to hurt anyone as a result.

Last semester, a classmate and I went to one tutorial session to see how it would work for us. The topic of the tutorial was about personality disorders. When we were discussing obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, the tutor told us a story of a woman with OCPD who was featured in a TV show or something like that. This woman looks perfectly normal if you meet her outside her home; she is neat and is always made up nicely. But when the people from the show checked her house, the place was a pigsty. She has two dogs so there was poo everywhere. In my mind, I saw leftovers and creepy-crawlies all over the place. They asked the woman why she allowed this to happen and she said that if she cannot clean her house perfectly she might as well not do it. Hard to believe but as my psych instructor always say, “You never know how people think.” I also love it when she says, “Don’t laugh. You don’t know who you’re seating next to.” Anyway, the point of this entry is all over the place now hehehe. I remembered this because…

MY ROOM IS A MESS! It’s been nagging me, even when I’m at work. Sure I have 1-2 hours available before or after work. But I can’t and won’t do it until I have that perfect day when I can do everything from start to finish. I have things to clean, organize, put away, and I need to make some sort of plan/schedule of stuff that needs to be done before fall. I must be going crazy.

Anyway, going back to personality disorders, I learned that OCD is different from OCPD. OCD is easier to control or treat or, dare I say, cure, whereas OCPD is not something you (doctors, therapists, etc.) can change. Your personality is who you are, period. People who have personality disorders are ego-syntonic, meaning they don’t believe or realize that there is something wrong with them. A person with depressive disorder, who suddenly lost interest in activities/people they ordinarily enjoy and spend time with, could take medications, have therapy, and eventually get better. On the other hand, a person with schizoid personality disorder will have a persistent pattern of avoiding people and relationships, nothing anyone can do about that.