Stress Prone & Resistant Personalities When I was 25, I got

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Chapter 6 Stress Prone Resistant Personalities
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When I was 25, I got testicular cancer and
nearly died. I dont know why I am still alive. I
can only guess. I have a tough constitution and
my profession taught me how to compete against
long odds and big obstacles.

Lance Armstrong
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Ms. Nien Cheng, Author, Life and Death in Shanghai
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Are some people prone for stress while others
are not? How does personality influence our
interpretations of our life events? The following
are examples of stress-prone and
stress-resistant personalities. While there are
those that say you cannot change your
personality, it is agreed that you can change
personality traits to become more
stress-resistant.
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Type A Behavior
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Type A Behavior
What was once called the hurry sickness, is now
regarded as an aggressive-based personality.
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Type A Characteristics
1. Time Urgency 2. Polyphasia (Multi-Tasking) 3.
Ultra-Competitiveness 4. Rapid Speech Patterns 5.
Manipulative Control 6. Hyperaggressiveness,
Free-Floating Hostility
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Hostility The Lethal Trait of Type As
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Social Influences on Type A Behavior
1. Material wealth 2. The desire for immediate
gratification 3. Competitiveness 4. People as
numbers or objects to overcome
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Social Influences on Type A Behavior
5. Secularization 6. Atrophy of the body and
right brain 7. Television watching
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Did Someone Say Type D Personality?
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Codependent Personality Traits
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Codependency Behavior Traits
1. Ardent approval seekers 2. Perfectionists 3.
Super-overachievers 4. Crisis manager 5. Devoted
loyalists 6. Self-sacrificing martyrs 7.
Manipulators 8. Victims (victim consciousness) 9.
Feelings of inadequacy 10. Reactionaries
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Codependency Behavior Traits
1. External referencing 2. Lack of emotional
boundaries 3. Impression management 4. Mistrust
of ones own perceptions 5. Martyr syndrome 6.
Lack of spiritual health
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Helpless-Hopeless Personality
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Helpless-Hopeless Personality
Locus of Control Internal versus External
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The Hardy Personality Resiliency
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The Hardy Personality Resiliency
1. Commitment 2. Control 3. Challenge
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Survivor Personality
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Survivor Personality
Biphasic Personality Traits
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Sensation Seekers (Type R Personality)
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Sensation Seekers (Type R Personality)
People who examine the odds, take calculated
risks, and who live life to the fullest with
confidence, self-efficacy, courage, optimism, and
creativity.
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Figure 6.4. While we may not be able to change
our personality completely, we can change
personality traits that tend to promote stress in
our lives.
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Technology and Personality
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Self-Esteem The Bottom Line Defense
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Self-Esteem The Bottom Line Defense
1. The focus of action 2. The practice of living
consciously 3. The practice of self-acceptance 4.
The practice of self-responsibility 5. The
practice of self-assertiveness 6. The practice of
living purposely 7. The practice of personal
integrity
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Self-Esteem The Bottom Line Defense
1. Connectedness 2. Uniqueness 3. Power
(empowerment) 4. Models (mentors)
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Ways to Boost Your Self-Esteem
1. Disarm the negative critic 2. Give yourself
positive affirmations 3. Avoid self-guilt and
should haves 4. Focus on you and your
identity 5. Avoid comparisons 6. Diversify your
interests 7. Improve your connectedness 8. Avoid
self-victimization 9. Reassert yourself before
and during stress
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