You are not your personality

I’ve historically shrugged off any type of personality defining system, like the Myers-Briggs. I never wanted to be subconsciously influenced by a narrowly defining “type” described in a book by researchers who have never even met me. However, my attitude has shifted in recent years. Personality typing tools, utilized well, can help teach us who we aren’t, not who we are. They can show us the mechanistic inner workings of our choices, which are programmed into our subconscious from wounds and trauma that separate us from our connection to our true Essence. They essentially teach us where we’re wounded, which then lays the path back towards wholeness. 

We aren’t our personalities. Our collective experiences create our thoughts, our thoughts influence our emotions, our emotions influence our moods, and our moods overtime shape our personalities. Our personalities in turn influence our experiences and the cycle reinforces itself. If you can view your personality as your self-created coping mechanism to deal with your woundedness, you can find your path towards healing. This is when you transition from identifying with your personality to witnessing it. You can simultaneously become less attached to your negative past experiences, while deepening your connection to your true self. The influence of shame, guilt, apathy and anger begins to wane as the deeper truth of who you are emerges.