Studies have found that people of this personality characteristics usually live longer

Psychologist Gale and others (2012) analyzed the health data of 500,000 (37-73 years) after analyzing the health data of British population. It was found that there was a person who sounded like a scolding personality- "neurotic personality", and longer The average life span is correlated.

Studies have found that these people with higher neurological levels tend to consider their health even more subjectively. But the TAs are actually lower than the average person to encounter "early death/non -natural death".

Not only that, the level of nerve quality is high, and it seems to be positive with "gain", which can help people achieve their goals.

But is this crowd worth choosing? The answer is doubtful. TAs are the most likely to grow into "excellent but unhappy" young people. Why do you say that?

This personality traits are also very interesting, it is that it is very small with the native family (this pot native family does not carry it). Today we will introduce the personality of "neurotic".

If you have such a situation: 1) Emotion is difficult to be stable and easy to emo; 2) high self -awareness; 3) pessimism of life and world; 4) always feel that you are not good enough; 5) It is easy to worry about whether it is for yourself or others; ... Please continue to watch ~

What is "nervous personality"?

How does it happen?

We often say that TA is a bit "neurotic" because of the emotional expression of a person, but in fact, as an important dimension of personality traits, "neuromatology" reflects not only people's "emotional traits", it also reflects it. Our "overall trend" in value attitude and behavior model.

If a person's "neurotic" level in personality is high, it may mean that TA (EYSENCK & Eysenck, 1985; Costa & McCrae, 1992; Kandler, 2012):

1. Emotional stability is relatively low

TA is easily stimulated by the outside world to cause emotional fluctuations, and it takes a longer time to calm down their mood. For example, at a party, TA will tease TA today's dressing. I felt very sad and depressed at the party.

In interpersonal relationships and intimate relationships, such people are easy to make others feel "difficult to get along with each other", because the TAs are very sensitive and difficult to maintain a stable mentality and relationship.

2. Very sensitive to negative information

TA often pays attention to the "negative information" around you, and it will also have a pessimistic attitude towards the world and others. For example, when everyone in the work team is full of confidence in the new project, TA can always find some potential Risk or problem.

3. Repeated thinking and worry

Affected by emotional fluctuations and sensitivity to negative information, TA is usually more likely to fall into repeated thinking and worry. For example, after one day, repeatedly think about the details that happened in the past day, especially about their own performance or their own attention. The relationship.

TA's worry is not only about yourself, but also about others. If the partner does not reply to the news in time, TA may really worry about whether the other party has an accident. People with nervous personality are normal life.

A good news is that the problem brought by the level of nerve is a "youth disease". As we grow older, our nerve levels will gradually decline, and we will stabilize after adulthood (after 35 years old). In other words, as we get more and more mature, our emotions will become more and more stable; excessive sensitivity and overwhelming thinking about negative information will also decrease naturally with the rich experience.

But even so, some people's nerve quality levels will be higher than most people in their lives.

So, what is the reason for some people's nerve quality?

Unlike most people's imagination, research found that family experience during childhood did not have much impact on the formation of a person's "neurotic" personality (Bouchart & Loehlin (2001).

As we said in the article "Whether you have a natural mental embryo", personality is a psychological trend based on biological basis. Our personality traits are determined by innate genetic inheritance.

This is also confirmed in the research on "neurotic" personality. Researchers found in long-term tracking research on the United States, Canada, Germany, Britain and other twins. The possibility is affected by congenital genetic, and most of the other effects come from the "Bouchard & Loehlin (2001; Kandler, 2012).

(Note: NON-SHARED Environment, which is a common concept in a twin study, refers to the growth environment other than the family, such as schools, work, or companion experience, etc.)

All in all, is it a emotional, pessimistic, and worrying person, which is largely decided when we are born.

我们成长过程中外界环境与经历，也会影响我们表现出的“神经质”（有研究发现在成年初显期，人们的神经质水平会普遍有小幅上升，此后又逐渐下降），比如，遭遇朋友/ The exclusion of colleagues, encountering scum men/women, turbulent life, etc., may force a person to be more alert to danger, pay attention to negative information and over -thinking. "Nervous Personality" is easy to let you

Become an excellent and unhappy person

Some researchers believe that "when a person's neural level, the lower the personality of TA" (Magee, 2013). Indeed, many people think that high neurotic levels may have many negative impacts on people.

The most significant negative impact may be that it will make it easy for themselves and the people around them to be happy.

Studies have found that neurotic personality will negatively affect a person's intimate relationship. When there is a high neurotic level in the relationship, both parties have lower satisfaction with the relationship, and the satisfaction of sexual life is lower (Fisher & Mcnulty (2008).

For example, the other party may just focus on things. When speaking, they do not look at TA. People with nervous personality may feel that the other party's performance is "not loving themselves", and then they are worried.

In addition, for people with neurotic personality, sexual life is not very "enjoyable". Researchers believe that this may be related to the loss of control and fragility when sexual behavior occurs, which will make people with nervous personality feel nervous and panic.

However, as the psychologists removed the "neurotic" from the "neurotic" from the "mental disorder diagnosis and statistics manual" (DSM). It is not absolutely negative.

Instead, there are many unexpected advantages of people with nervous personality.

1) TAs live longer

As the article said, the people of nerve personality have survived longer and longer.

Researchers believe that this may be because TAs are more alert to their own health (sensitive to negative information), and the TAs can always seek some slight strangeness in their bodies. This is why the TAs are subjectively thinking that they are worse).

A 10 -year tracking study also found that people with higher neurotic levels did use medical services more frequently in the same time (Delistraty, 2017). This also means that in some major illness that threatens life/leading to early death, TAs are more likely to misunderstand their illness.

2) More creative

Although too much thought is not a "good" thing, some scholars believe that the continuous thinking and sensitivity of details can help "creative thinking" -if a person is sensitive to details and can immerse Constantly thinking in a question, rather than satisfied with traditional/existing conclusions, then TA is also more likely to get new discovery of creativity (Perkins et al., 2015).

A study about German painters and sculptors found that the level of nerve quality of TAs is generally higher than ordinary people. In addition, Glade (1997) studies also found that those who mixed in the advertising/business creative industry are often higher than the average person.

Not only that, Leung et al. (2014) research found that people with high neurotic levels have unique responses to anxiety. Anxiety can make TAs better. When the anxiety is stimulated, the creativity of people with high neurotic levels will be further stimulated (the creative mission in the research "designing a new aircraft cabin" gets higher creative power scores).

3) Maybe "better than ordinary people and work harder than ordinary people"

Studies have found that more or less people with nervous personality will be more or less "low self -esteem" (bienvenu et al., 2004). TAs always pay too much attention to some negative information, especially those related to themselves, so the TAs always feel that the TAs feel "Not good enough".

But at the same time, the TAs are often "baer, 2014) that never stop. The efforts of TAs are often internal motivations such as sensitivity to crisis and prevention of risks.

This means that even when there is no clear external reward, the TAs will still work very hard, and this effort may be more lasting (the efforts of those who are inspired by external rewards).

In addition, repeated thinking and concerns will help TAs better understand the goals and directions, and make enough preparations for possible difficulties and challenges, which will help the TAs to achieve a series of achievements.

However, this requires people with neurotic personality to have a good enough emotional regulation ability. People with nervous personality are too vulnerable to emotional, so that they often have to spend a lot of time to deal with their emotions, and it is more likely to be too distracted because of trivial matters. If you lack enough good emotional self -adjusting skills, this will hinder TA's achievements in work (Perkins et al., 2015). (How to make your emotions more stable? There are three tips here to view it here)

"Nervous Personality" Guide to Survival

If you read today's article, you feel that you are a "neurotic personality" person, you first need to realize that this is not a "defect", don't blindly worry about yourself.

In fact, research found that a very important intermediate variable between neurotic personality and anxiety/depression is "Maladaptive Coping". If a person with neurotic personality responds to negative emotions and adopts bad strategies such as depression or self -criticism, then there will be the possibility of anxiety/depression.

In fact, as mentioned earlier, it may pay more attention to a series of negative information such as risks and threats, and often think repeatedly, these are like a double -edged sword -it may make you overdose over excessively Anxiety and despair, but may also make you always prepare for difficulties and challenges -depend on how you cope with it.

Julie Norem (2001) pointed out that when a person is always accustomed to imagining the most possible and worst situations before things happen and prepare for it, TA needs a "strategic optimism" cognitive tactic, that is, Learn to hold a "optimistic" mentality for the worst situation of expected, remind yourself that it may not really happen, don't worry about it.

This cognitive tactics are not achieved overnight. You can accumulate some examples of "happy-ending" in daily experience and record it. For example, "I have reasonable arrangements for time and personnel. finished". This allows you to have reason to believe that "good results" may happen when you need "strategic optimism".

May everyone with a high neurotic level be gradually found a good way to deal with emotions, embrace ups and ups and downs, and eventually become a happier and capable self.

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