Alan West’s psyche follows an introverted thrust. He attempts to embody and actualize his ideas and the archetypes he identifies with in his objective life.

Alan West, an individualist, tends to be reluctant to team up with other people. He attempts to free himself from any outside influence, and is eager to leave his personal imprint on the world around him. Because of his lack of perspective in relation to other people, he often rebuffs their help and cooperation on projects.

Alan West’s concern is his personal, subjective interest. Because the development of his personal identity requires great individual freedom of action, he tries to free himself from outer restraints and limitations. Psychologically self-centered, he remains fairly detached from the social world. He reduces such commitments to the strict minimum. Individualistic and egocentric, he derives his feelings of inner security from his ability to command his will and handle his personal involvements freely and openly.

Alan West needs to assert his originality. He is individualistic and independent and lives life according to his own rules. People and things matter to him only insofar as they relate to him, and he ignores or disregard any annoyances he may encounter. His passions are lively and ardent, and he truly loves to give. He is endowed with great authenticity and can be quite generous, as long as he is aware that others admire him.

Alan West works harder than others to understand other people’s feelings. But this seeming lack of empathy and compassion for others simply mirrors his own difficulty in understanding his own feelings and emotional needs. Alan West sees the emotional world as a foreign terrain, perhaps fraught with hidden dangers. Becoming familiar with it would present more drawbacks than advantages. As a result, Alan West may appear to be hard or aloof. He might struggle to establish a rewarding relationship, as he seeks special individuals to bond with. If Alan West were able to accept and understand his own emotions, he would have an easier time grappling with other people’s feelings. Alan West has a strong desire for emotional independence, and might have trouble seeing other people’s emotional needs. He might even be the first to deny that such needs are real. As a result, Alan West’s dependency on others is unconscious. Because it is seen as such a threat, it is repressed. Actually, although Alan West offers conscious resistance to anyone who tries to lure him out of his emotional bubble, he is always making timid, half-conscious forays into the world of feelings, because his loneliness and fear are so unbearable.