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#18A PASSIONATELY IMPULSIVE #18B DISPASSIONATE
I know that some people carefully, rationally weigh alternatives when they come to a fork in the road. I’m typically not like that. Often my needs seem urgent and my actions are guided by powerful feelings--fear, anger, jealousy, love, lust, frustration, intuition, sympathy, courage, possessiveness, insecurity, sociability, hostility, sorrow, etc. (Note: Rather than acting in goal-oriented, measured fashion, this person’s actions are often based on primitive urges or childish reactions.) I am often stoically indifferent to pleasure or pain, and often unmoved by joy or grief.  I typically make decisions after careful deliberation, free from passion, unaffected by emotions, and when necessary am able to resist instant gratification and wait.  (Note: The differences between dispassionate and passionately impulsive people can be traced to differences in brain biochemistry.)

WV Theme #18A: Passionately Impulsive 

WV Theme #18B: Dispassionate

--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries

--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries

often seeks gratification outside one's own self ==> extravert values thinking/reflecting before acting ==> introspection
characterized by risk taking or novelty seeking  characterized by emotional detachment
characterized by passion often overwhelming reason values deferred gratification
characterized by Impulsivity values stoicism (indifferent to pain, pleasure==>inner calm) 

summary Wikipedia article: none

summary Wikipedia article: none

Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 1323 Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 3111
Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 486 Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 1

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How the Brain Controls Emotions (2006 neuroscience news report)
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