I experience my inner life as a process of growth and maturation, nurtured by my involvement with others and the positive and negative encounters this generates.

Austin McBroom’s tendency to introversion inclines him to live inside himself, amid his inner world. He is apt to listen to his subjectivity, his intuition, and his secret opinions rather than reason and logic.

My uppermost concern is my personal, subjective interest. Because the development of my personal identity requires great individual freedom of action, I try to free myself from outer restraints and limitations. Psychologically self-centered, I remain fairly detached from the social world. I reduce such commitments to the strict minimum. Individualistic and egocentric, I derive my feelings of inner security from my ability to command my will and handle my personal involvements freely and openly.

Austin McBroom is a realist. He approaches life pragmatically, and even his feelings are based on rational, tangible evidence. He bases his judgements on past experience and is prone to skepticism. A hard worker, he takes pride in his own endeavors and has a personal concept of his productivity. His possessions help him assert himself as an individual and act as an antidote to any feelings of insecurity. As a result, material accomplishments may preoccupy him more than either love as a passion or intellectual or philosophical considerations. Nevertheless, he becomes attached to anything which offers him certainty.

Austin McBroom is aware of a lack of confidence in himself and in life. Prone to apathy, as if deprived of optimism and cheerfulness at some time, Austin McBroom may often be discouraged by the strains of living. This reluctance to accept the challenges of existence, which Austin McBroom may perceive as a major problem, may be the result of a self-image which is elusive or flawed. Perhaps, as a child, Austin McBroom was not given the means to develop an ideal image due to the lack of an appropriate role model or caregiver.

As a result, Austin McBroom is unable to move himself toward an improved, more positive disposition. Austin McBroom may reject any challenge that would enable him to surpass his current self, or accept it only after long meditation.

Steeped in the awareness of his problem, Austin McBroom may be tormented and wish to change. Vigorous physical exercise and an effort to visualize an admirable figure would be beneficial to Austin McBroom, as well as a diet that includes vitality-bolstering vitamins and protein.