What Is Your Emotional Type?
What Is Your Emotional Type?
Emotional boundaries are a way to assess how people view themselves and the way they operate in the world based on how they handle the energy of feelings.
Emotional boundaries are a way to assess how people view themselves and the way they operate in the world based on how they handle the energy of feelings.
How does this make you feel?
How did you feel the last time you stopped being friends with someone?
How did your last break up make you feel?
How do you feel about this?
What does this photo make you feel?
How would you feel if your best friend's partner cheated on them?
Which emotion does this photo evoke?
Which emotion does this photo evoke?
Composed & Collected: Thick Boundary Emotional Type
Composed & Collected: Thick Boundary Emotional Type
You have a thick boundary, which means you easily brush aside emotions to handle situations in a calm demeanor. You are prone to reacting to trauma with feelings of emptiness, numbness or detachment from reality. Although you are not as transparent with your emotions, this doesn’t mean you feel your feelings any less, in fact studies show that thick boundary individuals have intense levels of emotional reaction that can be seen through bodily indicators like heart rate, blood pressure etc. Although on the surface you may seem collected, you have a deep, empathetic and heartfelt reaction to your surroundings.
** Based on the book "Your Emotional Type," by Mike Jawer and Dr. Marc Micozzi, Healing Arts Press/Inner Traditions, Rochester VT. For more information: www.drmicozzi.com
Introspective & Sympathetic: Mid-Range Emotional Type
Introspective & Sympathetic: Mid-Range Emotional Type
You have mid-range emotional boundaries, which means that you possess qualities or characteristics of both thin and thick boundary people. Like thin boundary people, you have a sensitive antennae which reacts strongly to the energies of people around you, and their emotions tend to rub off on you easily. You feel things very strongly. At the same time though, much like thick boundary individuals, you are prone to internalizing your feelings instead of wearing your emotions on your sleeve. You have a good balance of sensitivity and composure.
** Based on the book "Your Emotional Type," by Mike Jawer and Dr. Marc Micozzi, Healing Arts Press/Inner Traditions, Rochester VT. For more information: www.drmicozzi.com
Sensitive & Passionate: Thin Boundary Emotional Type
Sensitive & Passionate: Thin Boundary Emotional Type
You have a thin emotional boundary, which means that you respond very sensitively to sensory stimuli and react strongly to emotional pain in yourselves as well as others. Emotional stress causes you to be physically stressed, ill or fatigued which means that you allergic and immune systems are also highly reactive. You connect very strongly with childhood events and feelings and you are especially empathetic and affected by observing injustices happen to people around or far away from you.
** Based on the book "Your Emotional Type," by Mike Jawer and Dr. Marc Micozzi, Healing Arts Press/Inner Traditions, Rochester VT. For more information: www.drmicozzi.com