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Mercurial Personality Type


I hope that the Mercurial Personality Type becomes part of the Creative Commons.


The idealized image of the Mercurial personality type describes persons


Contents


Definition, Synonyms, Analogous

Definition: Governed by or accomplished according to conscience, scrupulous; thorough and painstaking.

"Conscience: 1. The faculty of recognizing the distinction between right and wrong in regard to one's own conduct. 2. Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct" (AHD)

Synonyms: careful, honest, honorable, just, meticulous, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, upright (MW, pp. 127, 179).

Analogous: accurate, cautious, circumspect, deliberate, ethical, exact, fastidious, finicky, foresighted, moral, nice, particular, precise, provident, prudent, punctilious, righteous, rigid, strict, studied, virtuous, wary (ibid).


Character Strengths and Virtues

Attributes of the idealized self

  1. Decency; Earnestness; Thriftiness.
  2. Mercy, Forgiveness; Modesty, Naturalness.
  3. Hope, Cheerfulness, Joyfulness, Sociability.
  4. Sincerity, Straightforwardness; Honesty, Fairness.
  5. Tolerance, Liberalism, Open-mindedness.
  6. Generosity, Liberality; Courtesy, Graciousness, Equitableness; Altruism, Kindness; Affability, Friendliness.
  7. Idealism.
  8. Energy, Enthusiasm.
  9. Artistry, Inquisitiveness; Boldness, Spontaneity; Creativity, Humorousness.


Traits and Behaviors

Industriousness and productivity, conscientiousness, correctness, perfectionism, perseverance, orderliness and meticulousness, prudence, accumulativeness.


Passions

Desires/Pleasures

Excessive attachments to limited goods.

"His idealized image, chiefly, is a glorification of the needs which have developed" (Horney, 1950, pg. 277).

relationship, romance, pleasurable experiences, attention, change, instability, crises, appearance of competence, entitlement, spending, sex, mood altering substances, fast driving, eating, shopping, entertainment, travel, partying, cooking, gambling, idealizing others, devaluing others, guilt.

Fears/Pains

Excessive aversions to limited evils

being alone, abandonment, loss, trusting others, deprivation, discipline, losing emotional control, mourning, unpleasant experiences, stability, regulation, routine, a dangerous and malevolent world, being powerless and vulnerable, being inherently unacceptable.


Beliefs

(Beck, Freeman & associates, 1990, pg. 185, modified)

  • No one would love me or want to be close to me if they really got to know me.
  • I can't cope on my own. I need someone to rely on.
  • I must subjugate my wants to the desires of others or they'll abandon me or attack me.
  • People will hurt me, attack me, take advantage of me. I must protect myself.
  • It isn't possible for me to control myself or discipline myself.
  • I must control my emotions or something terrible will happen.
  • No one is ever there to meet my needs, to be strong for me, to care for me.


Ego Defense Mechanisms

Self-glorification requires deception.


Relationships

Parenting

Good/Bad Matches

Good

Bad

Possible



Emotions


Self-Control


Self


Real World


Work


Management Style

Careers


Self-Improvement

Areas that may need improvement

Other Areas of interest


Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder


Noteworthy Examples

G. Scott Acton, Paul Allen, Albert Bandura, Daniel Barenboim, John Belushi, Jim Belushi, Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Aaron Burr, Jim Carrey, David Cassidy, Bob Costas, Lawrence George Durrell, Sarah Margaret Ferguson, Amy Fisher, Melissa Gilbert, Mark Hamill, Tonya Harding, Taylor Hicks, Bob Hope, Karen Horney, Steve Jobs, Elton John, Erica Jong, Janis Joplin, Andy Kaufman, Heinz Kohut, Timothy Leary, Wladziu Valentino Liberace, William H. Macy, Charles Manson, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Jack Nicholson, Rosie O'Donnell, Regis Philbin, Wilhelm Reich, Mickey Rooney, Judith Rossner, Arthur Rubinstein, Martin Scorsese, Grace Slick, Socrates, Annika Sorenstam, Steven Spielberg, Elizabeth Taylor, Amy Wallace, Mae West, Robin Williams.


References

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (1981, c.1969). William Morris, Ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Aaron T. Beck, Arthur Freeman, and Associates (1990). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders. New York : Guilford Press.

Aaron T. Beck, Arthur Freeman, Denise D. Davis, (2004). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders. 2nd. edition. New York: Guilford.

Merriam-Webster (1984). Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

John M. Oldham and Lois B. Morris (1995). The New Personality Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do. New York: Bantam.

David Shapiro (1965). Neurotic Styles. New York: Basic Books.





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