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> poor impulse control and rejection sensitivity > Fixing underlying mental health problems will improve your professional and personal life! To what degree t

• jdavis703 7y ago
  Something that might seem trivial like a sleight at work, a driver cutting me off, or somebody bumping in to me feels like a deliberate, personal attack. Therapuetics can reduce that (at least for me), which means I'm more likely to respond to a given situation with a proportionate response, i.e. ignoring the situation or addressing the root cause. I have read some articles that this is related to ADD causing a state of hyperarousal, but I'm having a hard time finding genuine medical research on this theory. If the theory is true, it would hold that reducing hyperarousal reduces the magnitude of angry feelings for a given situation. Also, I believe that we can change our personalities. As I've gone to therapy, integrated mindfulness and attempted to get mental health issues resolved I've seen my personality on the Myers-Briggs test alter over time. While I realize Myers-Briggs has a lot of faults, it's the professionally administered personality test that goes back the longest for me so it's an informative baseline.