Repression: What you’re hiding.
Denial: Actions, personalities or habits you adopt to 'counteract' or push back against what you're
repressing. Denial can be either conscious or unconscious.
Sublimination: What you show, ever so slightly in your life regarding the repression.
1. Sadist
You were most likely dominated by a lot of authoritarian figures, such as parents or teachers. So you
repress the feeling to dominate others, as you've been through your formative years.
You are passive and rather friendly & love to make people happy. Deep inside, you love to see the
suffering of other people, physically or emotionally. Though, consciously you do your best to ignore
these thoughts whenever they surface.
Repression: The desire to dominate others.
Denies it by: Developing a peaceful and harmless personality. Always ready to help others.
Sublimination: When you don't want to do something, you create barriers (for example, getting late to
work or showing that you’re in a bad mood)
3. Catatonic
You're most likely an intelligent person with an overactive mind. Not so bad, right? Well, here's the
trade-off. In the attempt to stay in reality and fight your overactive brain, you've most likely become
dutiful, inhibited and rule-driven. You are unaware of the physical and emotional needs of yourself
and others, also often feel disconnected and lost.
Repression: Mental hyperactivity or overactive imagination
Denial: Adopting "stereotypical" behaviors and don’t like innovations & changes.
Sublimination: Often acts defensively and likes to follow their own set of determined rules.
4. Schizophrenic
You’re most likely repressing apathy for others. Probably struggle in connecting with others and
relating to others is a challenge for you, maybe even relating to yourself. Your relationships probably
lack depth.
To compensate, you're sociable. Love to spend time with friends and family. In a sense, this is a way
to mask your sense of loneliness and isolation.
Repression: Feelings of apathy towards others and imcompatible emotions.
Denial: Being a sociable person, with a circle of friends.
Sublimination: Doesn’t talk about feelings of isolation or being alone. Your relationships may seem
impersonal and superficial, as if they lack the true feeling. Deep down, you may feel that you do not
need others and coexistence with them.
5. Hysteric.
You're probably repressing attention-seeking tendencies. As such, you're probably a modest and
sincere person. Deep down, you love to be the center of attention and charming others. Though
you're rarely the center of attention, when you are, you're ecstatic. As evidence of the amount of
effort, you put into your appearance. This could be your subconscious self showing off, as your
conscious self continues to act modestly.
Repression: Desire for attention and admiration.
Denial: Acting modestly/staying out of the spotlight.
Sublimination: Choose rare or extravagant jobs and hobbies. Usually tries to remain elegant and
well-dressed so that they still draw attention.
6. Depressive.
On the surface, you're happy and bubbly like you don't have a care in the world. Well, that's the side
you show to the world, at least. Deep within, you're most likely dealing with feelings of self-
worthlessness, even self-loathing and guilt. You probably take your mind off this by focusing on work
and other people. Low self-esteem is also associated with this choice.
Picking this picture doesn't mean you're a depressed person, but that you have a predeposition to
negative emotions.
Repression: Feelings of worthlessness/inadequacy and lack of self-esteem
Denial: Developing a happy and bubbly exterior or carefree personality. Focussing on work and
friends.
Sublimination: Assumes the role of everyone's "psychologist", searching for solutions to other
people's problems.
8. Dissociative Identity Disorder.
As a child, you've probably been bullied, defamed, or traumatized by a parent, teacher or other
family member. This trauma has made you subconsciously make you question yourself as a sexual
partner. Now, you probably push your own gender role. Such as being macho, as a man or pushing
your feminity as a woman. You probably put down others of your own sex for not acting manly or
womanly enough.
Repression: Thoughts of being an undesirable partner.
Denies it by: Emphasising gender role, acting very macho or feminine.
Sublimination: Sacrifices individuality and real interests to conform to expected male/female
stereotype
