The perks of being a bit neurotic

It's one of our five major personality traits, and arguably, it's the worst one. Why are some human beings neurotic?

a post by Matt Davis for the Big Think blog

• Scoring high in neuroticism is associated with a slew of negative outcomes for your physical and mental health.
• However, it appears to be an inherited trait, one that has persisted through the many thousands of years of human evolution.
• Some researchers argue that in the environment where humans first evolved, being a little neurotic may have been highly beneficial.

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Do You Have a Healthy Personality?

a post by Kathryn Drury Wagner for the World of Psychology blog

A new study helps define what a healthy personality looks like.

Am I normal? Do I have a good personality? We’ve all wondered these things.

A new study from the University of California, Davis, presents insights in what the most psychologically healthy personality traits are. To create the theory, researchers used what’s called the “Big Five” personality traits, based on years of psychological models, so let’s take a quick look at those:

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