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A picture of me and my friend before we left for our mission trip (the summer before 7th grade).

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A picture of me and my friend before we left for our mission trip (the summer before 7th grade).

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I am very closed-off; I don't show my real feelings or open up to people easy. For example, I have a lot of acquaintances, but only three really close friends I have opened up to and tell stuff. So, often times when I'm around my acquaintances, even if I'm feeling upset I try and act normal to hide it. For example, last week I was having a really rough week and just needed a break, but unless you were one of my best friends you didn't know that. Around my close friends I wasn't my happy joking self, but around others I tried to act normal and if other people asked what was wrong I just said I was perfectly fine. These actions can be explained by the defense mechanism reaction formation. I masked unacceptable actions by acting the opposite of how how I really felt. Here is another picture of me and one of my best friends who I don't hide things from.

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I am very adventurous; I love to travel and try new foods, but at the same time I am very resistant to  long term change and stuck in my ways/routine. For example I have eaten the same thing for breakfast for the past year, for the most part. Because of this I would rank somewhere in the middle on the openness to experience scale; I love to experience new things, but tend to stick to my ways. Below is a picture of me and my brothers in New York.

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I am compassionate. I care a lot about others and like to think I have a big heart. I am also pretty friendly as long as I know you. For example I went on a mission trip in 7th grade where I helped a lot of people and spread love to children who don't receive that. Another example is last year, on my softball team, I was one of the older players, so I was very welcoming and friendly to all of the new girls who made the team. Because of this I would rank very high on agreeableness scale. Below is a picture of me and my old softball team.

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I am very aware. I know when deadline are and plan to meet them, I set an end goal and strive to meet it, and I know when people rely on me, so I am dependable. For example this week I new I was going to be very busy, so over the weekend I wrote out my scheduled and made sure I had time set aside for everything I needed to complete. Because of this I would rank very high on conscientiousness scale; I am achievement oriented, systematic, organized, etc... Below is a picture of a calendar which represents the fact that I am organized and make schedules.

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As mentioned earlier I am closed off; unless I am really close to someone, I don't really share personal stuff. Because of this I consider myself shy (unless you really know me). Lately I have been trying to let down my guard more and open up to people because I want to be more outgoing and extroverted. For example just in the last month I have made a few new friends that I am getting pretty close with. This shift in my actions can be explained by the real vs. ideal self theory. I am really shy if you don't know me, but I want to be more extroverted.

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Levels of the hierarchy of needs (1 and 2)

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Levels of the hierarchy of needs (1 and 2)

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I am content; I am happy and good with where I am in life right now and have everything I need. The hierarchy of needs theory can be used to explain why I am content. I have all of my basic needs met such as psychological (food and water), I feel safe, I feel loved, and I have self confidence; therefore I am content, and on my way to self actualization.
I am also on the search for my purpose in life. For example I often times wonder how I can make the world a better place or what is my part in doing that? This can also be explained by the hierarchy of needs theory. According to the hierarchy of needs theory, since I already have all of my basic needs meet, as mentioned previously, I can advance up the triangle to, the search for self actualization. Finding the purpose in your life is a part of self actualization, so this theory explains that I am searching for a greater purpose because I'm in the self actualization stage.

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I am very irritable at times. I have this issue where certain sounds or repetitive actions drive me crazy, but the truth is I do some of those things. For example, I have a friend who is always "bouncing" or tapping her foot, which drives me insane, but sometimes I catch myself doing it. I see these things in other people and they drive me crazy because I don't want to admit that I do these things. The defense mechanism, projection can be used to explain why I act this way. I am disguising unacceptable actions that I do by seeing them in other people. Below is a picture of me and my best friend who taps her foot a lot.

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I am a  very moral person. I go by the rules and make decisions according to them even if it's not necessarily the decision I would make, if the rules were not there. This rule following trait can be explained by the psychodynamic theory of: id, ego, and superego. The fact that I tend to follow rules regardless of what I really want, is justified by the fact that my ego causes superego (desire to be perfect)  to "override", my id (pleasure seeking side).