Are you a Metal?

Sudden sleepiness

Inability to have fun

A need to be the master

Respiratory difficulties

Constipation

A critical attitude

Emotional iciness

Aloofness

Rigidity

My personal lifestyle is orderly and simple.

I control my environment.

I find what is off-kilter and strive to slowly transform it.

I hold myself and others to the highest standards.

I like everyone I work with to follow proper protocol.

I like systematic tasks that require logic.

I think of myself as an exemplary human being.

I avoid conflict.

I can be very long-winded and I don’t get to the point quickly.

I am very comfortable not doing anything and just being mindful of the space I am in.

I analyze joy and question enthusiasm.

Integrity and excellence are extremely important to me.

I am self-contained and intellectually independent.

I am not an overseer of other people’s lives and I don’t meddle in their affairs.

When someone has more competence than I do, I can accept their expertise.

Ethics and reason have more pull for me than pleasure and fun.

I wait my turn, I take my time, and then I state my opinions precisely with little emotion.

I get rid of what I don’t need and my emotions are not tied to my personal possessions.

I am correct and fair.

I hold myself back when it comes to expressing my feelings.

When I speak, I speak softly.

I often sit still and straight with excellent posture.

When I walk, dance, or move I seem to calmly glide.

For exercise I am drawn to fluid movement like yoga, Tai Chi, and ballet.

Sometimes I forget to eat.

I am not easily swayed or influenced to change course, even by failure.

I don’t have a lot of keepsakes like love letters or items that evoke nostalgia.

I am aware of time but finishing my tasks is more important than being timely.

I hunger for what seems to be an unattainable spiritual connection.

I sometimes feel incapable of letting myself go.

I often feel grief over life.

People have accused me of being holier-than-thou.

I crave distance and solitude, yet I want meaningful relationships.

I do well in jobs where I can work alone or one-on-one; I don’t do well in customer service.

I believe that less is more.

I don’t understand the importance of trinkets and mementos.

I have a hard time believing that unabashed happiness is real.

I am uncomfortable with clutter and “shelf pollution.”

I follow rules and protocols and feel no reason to break them.

I believe that to connect with people, words are not always needed.

I do what is honorable, and I don’t need to be acknowledged in return.

I can be very patient. I am not comfortable with rushing.

I isolate myself from people to get to my work.

I rank people by how much quality they have.

I can be arrogant.

I can be indifferent and dismissing.

I can be inappropriately formal and stiff.

I can be nitpicky.

I continue to work doggedly at something even when it isn’t successful for me or anyone else.

I analyze things to death.

I can be dogmatic and calmly stubborn.

I am often described as aloof and distant.

I cannot switch easily from intellectual projects to human encounters.

I can get stuck in the details in my head, preventing me from seeing the big picture.

I am inhibited and don’t feel free in my body.

I can be insensitive.