Hello, dear readers of the site! Today we will look at what constitutes a pedantic personality type according to Leonhard. And we will also find out his strengths and weaknesses, get recommendations on how best to handle him and in what area of activity he will achieve great success.
General characteristics
Pedants experience joy and satisfaction with life extremely rarely. Because basically always concerned about some issues. For example, whether they did the job correctly, put the tools in their places, checked if the door was closed, and so on.
Usually they have all things laid out in their places, and if someone dares to put them away somewhere, then the conflict cannot be avoided. Ideal order usually reigns in the house, no matter if a woman or a man lives in it.
Cleaning is done meticulously, slowly and thoroughly. This, of course, can terrify and anger other family members, whom the pedant gets with morals and demands to comply with him.
Cooking takes a lot of time, because each product will be thoroughly washed, inspected, as well as dishes with a work surface. Therefore, guests are a rarity for a pedant. After all, they can litter, break something, and this is another reason for concern.
You can rely on pedants, not only are they conscientious workers, but also with a highly developed sense of justice. Their conscience will not allow someone to deceive, to cash in on someone else’s grief.
They are faithful and punctual. But in his personal life, not everything is smooth. After all, relaxing and enjoying life is not their calling at all. So the chosen ones have to wait until their «half» is finally freed from all affairs and pays attention to the family.
And this, as you might guess, is extremely rare. After all, there are so many troubles, everyday tasks and work issues …
Resources and limitations
Naturally, it is extremely difficult to be in constant anxiety and doubt, the pedant is unable to sleep peacefully and relax. He reflects on the past day, looking for possible mistakes and ways to find solutions to problems.
So it is quite natural that he usually suffers from insomnia, gets up sluggish, “broken” in the morning. The body simply does not have time to restore resources, which is why some organs and systems malfunction.
For example, obsessive-compulsive disorder may occur. That is, a person of this type of accentuation according to Leonhard will wash his hands 100 times a day, afraid of contracting some kind of infection.
Be sure to check several times before going to bed whether he turned off the gas, light, iron, whether he locked the door with all the locks. Despite the fact that I have never in my life found myself in such situations when, through inattention, I left electrical appliances on and so on.
Scrupulousness also affects health, which they begin to take seriously, resembling hypochondriacs.
The slightest ailment is subjected to examinations, and if not, then because they consider themselves terminally ill and are simply afraid to hear from doctors about their terrible diagnosis.
But excessive attention to your health brings good results. For example, they do not abuse alcohol and do not smoke, they try to lead a healthy lifestyle, exercising and eating healthy foods.
So, among this type of accentuation of the nature of those addicted to alcohol and drugs, there are very few.
Others can get their tediousness, caution. They try to avoid conflicts, but when order is violated, they often lose their temper, being annoyed that so much effort was wasted.
Professional activity
Pedants take a very long time to make a decision, they carefully consider all the pros and cons, trying to make sure that there is no better option. Therefore, the quality of their work is always at the highest level.
They are ready to stay overtime if something is not done during the working day, and absolutely free of charge. After all, the main thing is to be calm, that everything is in place and as it should.
Neurosis threatens to arise if such a person doubts the result of his labors and begins to check again and again whether there is somewhere a tiny mistake that he did not take into account.
Such an employee is highly valued, but not in those companies where deadlines constantly arise, where you need to make quick decisions, take risks.
He simply will not cope with the tension, and not only will he fail the tasks assigned to him, but will also lose his peace of mind. Which may well lead to personality disorders and other mental illnesses.
Personalities with this accentuation of character do not like to change jobs, they are stable and constant. Therefore, it is not uncommon for pedants to devote their entire lives to one profession. That’s how they got a job as interns in one enterprise, and so they remained in it until their retirement.
Completion
And that’s all for today, dear readers! Finally, we want to recommend an article about the emotive type of character accentuation according to Leonhard. Understanding each of them, it will become easier for you to build relationships with people around you. After all, you will better understand them and yourself.
In general, be happy and healthy! Until we meet again!
The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina