Big 5 Personality Characteristics

The goal of this paper is to identify problem areas in my life that add to or reinforce negative behaviors. In order to do so I am going to look at my life and mental issues as they pertain to sections we are currently covering and have covered in this course. I have already completed the paper that tests the Big 5 personality characteristics. These were very insightful, but they contained information I already knew quite well. My biggest issue, that was made abundantly clear by the tests was the fact that I scored very high in neuroticism, which means my emotional stability is very low. This is because I have been dealing with depression for most of my life and I have never dealt with it in a proper manner. I also scored very low for extraversion, which means I have a fairly high introversion score. I also scored very high in behavioral inhibition systems, which goes along with being an introvert. This also means that I over think situations and focus on the potential consequences of those actions, to …show more content…
Depression is a very tough issue to overcome, or even get a hold of. Continuing actions that keep me down, even if they have immediate positive feelings, lead to a more detrimental outcome. One of my issues is the use of sweets to make myself feel better. Even as a kid I would turn to candy and desserts to make myself feel better. The older I got the more I justified this action by telling myself “chocolate is a good antidepressant” and “it’s ok as long I try to be more active.” Every time I had sweets as a kid it was related to a happier moment in my life. Also, eating sweet foods tastes good and that always made me feel better. It was something I could turn too easily and it was always there. This is driven me to eating a lot of sugary foods in my normal and it has caused me to turn to sweets whenever my depression gets to a point that I cannot function