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I am a melancholic-choleric, probably inherited from my mother who's of the same temperament. My dad however, is a sanguine-phlegmatic and so are my boyfriend and my sister! My brother on the other hand is a melancholic-phlegmatic.
What on earth are sanguines, phlegmatics, choleric and melancholic???
Basically, these are terms from the ancient Greek Times where a person's personality is said to be determined by the "4 humours" in the body. Check out wikipedia for more info on that.
And everyone's temperament usually makes up mostly of 2 out of the 4. Of course, we have a little bit of everything. For example, I do have my sanguine and phlegmatic moments. But out of the four temperaments, I am MOST like a melancholic and choleric due to my pessimistic nature and yet dominating at times!
Sanguines tend to be more happy, funloving people who are extroverts that love to mingle and socialise. A good example would probably be celebrities or even your friends who are more outspoken and happening. They're always on the go. Ready to make new friends. The social butterflies. Ever ready to paint the town red! The good part is that it is easy to make friends with Sanguines!
Lyn the Bimb definitely exuberates sanguine temperament and possibly Kenny Sia and Timothy Tiah (although I have yet to meet them or even be acquainted with them)! Even PinkPau, with her hyperness and friendliness, sounds like a sanguine person.
Cholerics are people who tend to be more dominant. A person who loves to sort of be in control and do things instead of waiting around. Cholerics can be a real pain cos it feels that they exhibit obnoxiousness as their nature is rather ambitious and passionate.
Hitler was definitely a choleric! Xiaxue, too sounds like a part choleric based on rants in her blogs. My HOD is also one, that's for sure!
Melancholics are also normally pessimists. Constantly down and depressed due to the doom and gloomy feeling. A good thing about a melancholic is that they think and ponder a lot. However, thinking too much can also be bad especially thinking negatively. Melancholics has the tendency to be perfectionists and can be rather picky and particular about how they want things done. But we know that there is no such thing as being perfect. So, this often may lead to unfulfillment in oneself.
Phlegmatics are the ones that are laid back and easy going. Taking things one step at a time without a care in the world. These kind of people are easily contented, rational, cool and calm making them easy to get along. However, if a person is TOO much of a phelgmatic to the point of laziness and slow... it can really irk others especially a choleric.
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I am a melancholic-choleric, probably inherited from my mother who's of the same temperament. My dad however, is a sanguine-phlegmatic and so are my boyfriend and my sister! My brother on the other hand is a melancholic-phlegmatic.
What on earth are sanguines, phlegmatics, choleric and melancholic???
Basically, these are terms from the ancient Greek Times where a person's personality is said to be determined by the "4 humours" in the body. Check out wikipedia for more info on that.
And everyone's temperament usually makes up mostly of 2 out of the 4. Of course, we have a little bit of everything. For example, I do have my sanguine and phlegmatic moments. But out of the four temperaments, I am MOST like a melancholic and choleric due to my pessimistic nature and yet dominating at times!
pic taken from here.
Sanguines tend to be more happy, funloving people who are extroverts that love to mingle and socialise. A good example would probably be celebrities or even your friends who are more outspoken and happening. They're always on the go. Ready to make new friends. The social butterflies. Ever ready to paint the town red! The good part is that it is easy to make friends with Sanguines!
Lyn the Bimb definitely exuberates sanguine temperament and possibly Kenny Sia and Timothy Tiah (although I have yet to meet them or even be acquainted with them)! Even PinkPau, with her hyperness and friendliness, sounds like a sanguine person.
Cholerics are people who tend to be more dominant. A person who loves to sort of be in control and do things instead of waiting around. Cholerics can be a real pain cos it feels that they exhibit obnoxiousness as their nature is rather ambitious and passionate.
Hitler was definitely a choleric! Xiaxue, too sounds like a part choleric based on rants in her blogs. My HOD is also one, that's for sure!
Melancholics are also normally pessimists. Constantly down and depressed due to the doom and gloomy feeling. A good thing about a melancholic is that they think and ponder a lot. However, thinking too much can also be bad especially thinking negatively. Melancholics has the tendency to be perfectionists and can be rather picky and particular about how they want things done. But we know that there is no such thing as being perfect. So, this often may lead to unfulfillment in oneself.
Heath Ledger was probably a melancholic or if not, definitely the latter part of his days. Even the great Abraham Lincoln was no stranger to melancholy.
Phlegmatics are the ones that are laid back and easy going. Taking things one step at a time without a care in the world. These kind of people are easily contented, rational, cool and calm making them easy to get along. However, if a person is TOO much of a phelgmatic to the point of laziness and slow... it can really irk others especially a choleric.
Moses of the bible apparently is considered to be of a phlegmatic temperament based on this writing. Interesting.
It's good to know what kind of temperament you are and those closest to you. For example, my bf, a phlegmatic tends to be more laid back about things where else me, being a choleric tend to be rather bossy and want things to be done. BOTH our temperaments are opposites. We don't even share a temperament in common. It doesn't mean that things won't work out. It just means that we perhaps tend to be on different wavelengths and may have more issues to work out as compared to a couple who are of the same temperament.
Sometimes, my sister can empathise with my bf on certain matters when we argue as they have the same temperament. Which makes me have to take a step back, and see things from their perspective instead.
Wahahaha.. based on the diagram above, I just realised that my bf leans more towards the stable part where else I am more to the unstable side. Definitely, not good! *hehe*
So, based on everything that you've read so far, you should have a rough inkling of your own temperament and those around you.
If not, you can also read more on the four temperaments over here.
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