"Dry" Personality

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I too have a great imagination, but in social situations Im most likely to be found in the "collecting data" mode. Therefore few people actually think Im imaginative when I talk to them.

Do people often describe you as having a dry, or overly serious, personality?
Yes. Even my sense of humor is described as dry.

Are you said to be task oriented, routine following, humorless, aloof, introverted, quiet, reserved, productive, efficient, methodical, almost mechanical or robotic, and distant?
Distant, introverted, quiet, reserved, productive and methodical, yet also amazingly disorganised and a poor time keeper. I'm sure there's a contradiction or two in there, but thats just me being odd ;p

Are you slow to warm up to people? Are you tense and uncomfortable with the unfamiliar?
Yes and Yes

Do you have little change in expression on your face or intonation in your voice? Do you often come across as apathetic, melancholic, or even just plain bored?
Yes and Yes

Does the average person consider you to be a boring or nerdy person?
Probably

Do you prefer highly technical or academic subjects over popular culture, watching sports, celebrity gossip, and television?
I'd prefer zapping myself with a tazer to watching sport, listening to celebrity gossip or the other pap used as an opiate for the masses.

When you are relaxed and joking around, is your sense of humor a bit strange to most people, relying on absurdity, ridiculous exaggeration, irony, satire, and the occasional sarcasm?
Oh yes.

Are you somewhat literal and not particularly imaginative most of the time?
I can be literal, but it has lessened considerably with age. As for imagination, I have an extremely active and creative imagination that nontheless completely fails to imagine the consequences of the mundane decisions we regularly encounter. I'll leave post unopened, leave payments to the last moment (often red reminder or disconnection notice), rarely plan ahead or consider outcomes to impulse decisions. In those areas my imagination is a null point.

Do you have trouble feeling emotionally attached to other people?
Indeed. I was more disturbed by my own lack of an emotional response and how it would be perceived than I was about the actual death of two grandparents. Yes, I know how bad that sounds.

Does the internal world of your mind seem more real and pressing than the external world of work, education, commute, necessities, and the mysterious "others"?
Yes

I've been told (by co-workers and my house-mate) that I'm:

boring
'in my own little world'
tense

and lord knows what else. I do think I have a vivid and overactive imagination, though.

NeantHumain, have you been inside my head? Because, I thought it was only me in there.
Why is "You are so serious!" an insult, anyway?

Yep,except for the "efficient" part, perhaps.



[sarcasm]No...of course not[/sarcasm]



Not as much as people think.



I've been told...



As I've told countlessly...



Yep.



When I'm up for it, yes.



Perhaps.



Au contraire on the imaginative part.



Depends on the person. I can count the number of people I feel emotionally attached to on one hand.



It isn't real?

Do people often describe you as having a dry, or overly serious, personality? Yes, all the time and it really starts to annoy me. Maybe I am too serious, but maybe they're also too childish?

Are you said to be task oriented, routine following, humorless, aloof, introverted, quiet, reserved, productive, efficient, methodical, almost mechanical or robotic, and distant? People have described me as quiet, introverted and reserved. I know that people think I'm humourless, aloof and distant, but no ones actually come out and said it bluntly to my face.

Are you slow to warm up to people? Extremely. Takes me at least several months to really start being comfortable around new people, that is, if they deal with me for that long before thinking "she's weird, lets ditch her".

Are you tense and uncomfortable with the unfamiliar? Yes.

Do you have little change in expression on your face or intonation in your voice? When in uncomfortable/unfamiliar situations, yes. At home, and around people I know and trust, not so much but still occasionally.

Do you often come across as apathetic, melancholic, or even just plain bored? Yes...

Does the average person consider you to be a boring or nerdy person? No one's ever told me so, but I'd definitely say they think that about me.

Do you prefer highly technical or academic subjects over popular culture, watching sports, celebrity gossip, and television? Yes.

When you are relaxed and joking around, is your sense of humor a bit strange to most people, relying on absurdity, ridiculous exaggeration, irony, satire, and the occasional sarcasm? Yup, unfortunately it is. People are ALWAYS getting me wrong/getting insulted by my sense of humour. When they're not insulted, it means the joke's gone over their head. I don't mean to offend, but people take me too seriously when I'm being facetious or sarcastic (and yet, I'm the one who's called "over sensitive" and "too serious"...).

Are you somewhat literal and not particularly imaginative most of the time?. Yes. I wish I had more imagination, as my severe lack of imagination causes problems, even in everday normal life. Things as simple as how to style my hair (I dunno what to do with it, so I wear it down every day. It's very straight and very long, so it wouldn't be too hard to style it, it's just a matter of knowing what style to do...). Even things like how to decorate my bedroom, or what to have for dinner are hard for me to think up new ideas for. I remember once seeing my mum put butter and jam on the same piece of toast when I was very young, and being amazed that she'd done that. As far as I was concerned only jam could go on toast. It never even occured to me that you could put two things on it at once.

Do you have trouble feeling emotionally attached to other people? Depends. With my mum, no, but other people, yes.

Does the internal world of your mind seem more real and pressing than the external world of work, education, commute, necessities, and the mysterious "others"?

Somewhat.

I've been described as this. "Calm and deliberately dry"

Do people often describe you as having a dry, or overly serious, personality? Yes. I'm not always serious, I can make jokes in a non-sarcastic manner as well. But dry humor is my favorite.

Are you said to be task oriented, routine following, humorless, aloof, introverted, quiet, reserved, productive, efficient, methodical, almost mechanical or robotic, and distant? No, except aloof, reserved, mechanical.

Are you slow to warm up to people? Definitely. When I feel secure with people, they'll get the real taste of me. For everyone else, it's an iron surface.

Are you tense and uncomfortable with the unfamiliar? Absolutely. It scares me when a usual routine or part of my daily life gets re-newed and changes. Nothing else can scare me quite like that.

Do you have little change in expression on your face or intonation in your voice? Yup.

Do you often come across as apathetic, melancholic, or even just plain bored? On normal days, yes.

Does the average person consider you to be a boring or nerdy person? Not really.

Do you prefer highly technical or academic subjects over popular culture, watching sports, celebrity gossip, and television? Maybe in some subjects. I hate the mainstream.

When you are relaxed and joking around, is your sense of humor a bit strange to most people, relying on absurdity, ridiculous exaggeration, irony, satire, and the occasional sarcasm? As I said before, dry and sarcastic humor is my specialty. Also, making remarks with a straight face and a monotone. On the other hand, I easily fall to laughter when I think about something funny. It's contrary, and I'm not sure which one the real side of me is. I guess both?

Are you somewhat literal and not particularly imaginative most of the time? I understand what people mean when they're speaking figuratively, but I like to joke around and talk about the literal. When they take it seriously, it pisses me off. I DO know what you mean, mister.

Do you have trouble feeling emotionally attached to other people? I'm not sure.

Does the internal world of your mind seem more real and pressing than the external world of work, education, commute, necessities, and the mysterious "others"? I try to shut off from obligations such as school or work, because it brings me great uneasyness. To escape the stress, I try to focus on my inner thoughts more than anything, while hoping nobody notices me not doing any work.

I once taught this class and they made a point of getting the principal to pull me up on my behaviour in class. One of the points they came up with was that I was too much of a poker face and they couldn't tell what I was thinking or feeling. At the time I thought I must have been the only teacher ever to have been treated with such ridiculous disrespect. In hindsight I realise under the circumstances I couldn't have expected anything else, as an AS person. That memory jumped out at me as I read this paragraph.

Wait... they criticized you just for not showing emotions? Ridiculous. They can't change who you are.

Yes

I have been described as aloof, distant and very serious. But I do like sports and have a dry sense of humour.

My life is difficult because I have too many processing difficulties to go to university, and I cannot hold down a mundane job as I don't usually relate well to others. Hopefully my medication will make me more personable in time.

yep

Yes

An article said that a man was married to two women at the same time. Several years. Neither woman suspected a thing. Until the dry cleaning got mixed up

One of the women was a clinical psychologist.

So, I tell myself. If someone with a lot more skill than me, for a long time, with an intimate interaction, did not know better, then what makes me think I know better than a psychologist?

Answer. I do not know better than a psychologist

In the past numerous times I made the mistake of trusting someone and I go a punishment worse than i could have imagined

I have been described as serious when it comes to my work, but people have also said I was a friendly person with a good sense of humor. I would consider my sense of humor "dry."

I completely agree and have all the "dry personality" characteristics. I will see if I am still that way when school starts.

Depends who you ask. Some see me as quite serious, others find me humourous.



No, not usually.



Sometimes. Predictable and a creature of habit as well.



Yep. I’m often the last person to pick up on a joke, but I do like word play and puns.



Well, people have said that I’m distant at times, but only occasionally.



Yes, all the time.



I used to be described as this often, but I’ve become way more talkative in recent years.



On occasion.


Bursts into laughter. I’m the Queen of procrastination.



I am often described as methodical and through. That is when I put my mind to something, and I’m not just procrastinating.



Yeah, I have on occasion been accused of this.



Depends on the person. Some people I warm to quickly, and with others it takes a little bit longer. Usually I warm to people I like quite quickly.



Now and then.



On the contrary, I’m overly expressive with my face. Unfortunately, though, sometimes it can be the wrong emotion that my face is expressing. (When I’m trying to look friendly, it comes across as aggressive apparently).



Used to have that issue. Still do when I’m trying to sound enthusiastic. Either I overdo it or I don’t do it enough.



Yes, yes and yes. Sometimes I have to work hard to prove to others that I actually do care about things.



*Shrugs* Some people find me interesting. I’m often told “Damn, I wish I understood how your brain works” or “Sounds like you had a weird childhood”. I am considered quite nerdy though. But hey, nerds can be interesting, right?



Varies. I’ll admit that I have had obsessions over certain celebrities to the point where I’ve written several pages on what their body language means, what their jokes reveal about them, and their history. But generally, I don’t tend do this with celebrities, unless I can relate to them in some way and if that’s the case then they tend to become something of an interest to me, and I might end up over-analysing everything they do. I um… I like learning about body language, I find it interesting.

Never been a great fan of watching sports, but I do like watching some TV shows. But every now and then, I sometimes feel like talking about something technical and academic, I suppose the celebrity interest could cross over into that, since it tends to be quite detailed and less about gossip and more about psychology. I’m particularly interested in suppression, lying and grief.



To some it is. I’m certainly better at being sarcastic than picking up on it.



Yes, I can be.



Nope, that’s not me at all! I have an over-active imagination, and often consider many possibilities before I act and I often come up with weird ideas and I write fantasy stories and create stories and situations all the time.



No, unless I’m feeling extremely sad for some reason.



YES, SO DAMN MUCH! I think through future situations so much, that it can sometimes feel like I’ve already lived through them.