‘Tis the Season: Holiday Stress and Personality Type

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Written by Psychometrics Canada

As exciting as the holidays are, they can be stressful for a variety of reasons. However, by understanding your type preferences, specifically as they relate to S-N and T-F, you may be able to minimize these effects.

Here’s a quick tip sheet of “Resources and Remedies” to help manage holiday stress based on your personality type.

Sensing vs Intuition

Sensing Types

• Ignore or avoid distractions while working
• Organize and accomplish small projects
• Ask for help with priorities
• Ask for help in identifying possibilities and options
• Get away and spend time alone in a pleasant Sensing environment

Intuitive Types

• Schedule in “unscheduled” time
• Accept help with overwhelming details
• Set boundaries
• Plan or make lists to avoid unwelcome surprises
• Prioritize tasks and delegate to others

Thinking vs Feeling

Thinking Types

• Take time alone to regain control
• Seek out quiet emotional support from trusted others
• Engage in physical activity
• Disengage from stressful situations
• Resist pervasive inner fears

Feeling Types

• Refocus on what is right, rather than what is wrong
• Take time for fun and engage in relaxing activities
• Reflect or meditate on your personal values and priorities
• Talk things through with an un-involved person
• Have time alone for as long as needed

*Excerpted from In the Grip: Understanding Type, Stress, and the Inferior Function. Click here for product information.

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