not at all proud :p
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found this website just now, am very very sure, like 3000% sure i’m a melancholic. while i cant figured out what is he. more likely to be choleric, but moody as sanguine (no offense, ayy :p)
Melancholics are introverted pessimists. They prefer to spend their time alone, deep in thought. They tend to be inventors, scientists, artists, and the like. (Note: Not ALL inventors, scientists and artists are melancholic!!)
They are very sensitive and emotional people. Criticism hurts them a lot, and they spend a lot of time being very moody… but they are the types to go and sob in a corner to themselves rather than scream in anger at anyone.
They tend to have unrealistically high expectations and standards. Things must be RIGHT according to their own personal idea of what’s right; this leads to them arguing almost as much as cholerics would, but for different reasons. The choleric may argue to assert his superiority, but the melancholic would argue to ‘set wrongs right’.
They are tenacious, and cannot leave alone things that they find to be wrong; they ‘refuse to drop it’ or ‘let it go’. This can lead to intolerance and even more arguing.
Due to their absurdly high standards, they find themselves failing to meet them and this leads to self-deprecation. They are loth to push themselves forward or brag about themselves, even if they are particularly skilled.
They are analytical and seek to understand things thoroughly; this, along with most of their time spent alone rather than having fun with others, is what leads them to becoming scientific or artistic.
They ask specific questions and crave detailed answers. Knowledge, information, understanding… these things are all deeply important to them.
They can be difficult to know, as they do get moody, jealous, and so on… but they realise their own faults. They hate others, but hate themselves as well.
Melancholics are perfectionists. Often, things are a ‘perfect or nothing’ affair; if they can’t do something impeccably, then they often won’t do it at all. Due to their low opinion of themselves, this often leads to them not doing things because they feel they’ll only fail.
They are known to complain all the time about nearly everything, but these complaints tend to be directed at ‘things in general’ rather than criticism of a specific person. “My legs hurt! The sky’s too bright! I don’t like the look of those houses! Politics are annoying! I don’t like things!”
They tend to judge people quickly and in detail, assessing the nature of a person from their clothing, their mannerisms, just the look of them… They make up their mind about people quickly from what they observe briefly, and it’s hard to change this first impression.
what they are not :
Being any of the following does not necessarily imply that you are melancholic in any way: Depressed (even if it’s Depression), A loner, Creative; an artist, Intelligent, Etc.
The melancholic temperament is more about an attitude than things like that. It’s an outlook, a way of perceiving the world. The defining traits of the melancholic are things like self-deprecation; a low self image. They hate everything, including themselves, because things cannot live up to their too-high standards. They are quick to put themselves down and don’t brag.
needs :
- Alone time
- For things to be Right/Perfect/’Ordered’
- To understand things
