My psyche follows an introverted flow. I know myself and attempt to develop my inner resources to their maximum potential.

Gloom’s tendency to introversion inclines it to live inside itself, amid its inner world. Gloom is apt to listen to its subjectivity, its intuition, and its secret opinions rather than reason and logic.

While Gloom is attracted to interpersonal activities, their significant need for inner security may stand in the way of their overtures to others. Since Gloom is highly receptive to other people’s inner natures, they seek tight bonds with others. They unconsciously need their psychological support in their quest for themselves. Were Gloom to evaluate their psychological development, they would place more value upon human warmth, intimacy, and the need to share than on intellectual understanding or personal freedom of expression.

Gloom has a tendency to identify with others. Gloom forms friendships easily and naturally and enjoys participating in other people’s lives. Sociable, Gloom enjoys being seen and appreciates popularity and recognition. Solitude bores Gloom. Gloom’s life and personal relations are in sync with Gloom’s friendships and outer events. Most often, Gloom shares the opinion of others.

Two fundamentally opposed psychological tendencies rule the functioning of Gloom’s psyche. In Gloom’s case, dynamic functions and a capacity to adapt to reality predominate over mental and emotional principles. Endowed with the idealism and energy of one element, and the practical resources and sensuality of the other, Gloom’s personality is deeply rooted in reality while retaining a remarkable ability to set high goals and accomplish them. A deficit in the other psychological functions (thought and emotion) tends to blunt Gloom’s approach to life, however; Gloom may appear to lack subtlety and tact. If Gloom struggles to get in touch with Gloom’s deepest emotions, Gloom might have a somewhat cold, crude vision of the world.

Although Gloom may not necessarily notice the fact about itself because it is so strongly engaged in actions, feelings, or material concerns, it sometimes lacks sound judgment. This impairment arises from a difficulty in obtaining perspective on itself and its life. Gloom may be puzzled by its troubled relations with others.

Gloom must make an effort to detach itself from its personal reaction and observe it from an objective, more distant standpoint. If not, Gloom is likely to find itself under stress or pressure because it did not give enough prior thought to tactics and strategy.

Gloom may also experience dissatisfaction in its intimate relationships because it might struggle to get in sync with others.

Gloom gives little time or respect to anyone it sees as too “intellectual,” because it resists adapting to new ideas and viewpoints. In fact, an idea that rubs Gloom the wrong way mentally and/or emotionally may elicit an explosive reaction. Self-analysis can be challenging for Gloom and it tends to refuse to develop a solid, permanent idea of itself – and this plays a lot of tricks on Gloom.

Gloom works harder than others to understand other people’s feelings. But this seeming lack of empathy and compassion for others simply mirrors Gloom’s own difficulty in understanding their own feelings and emotional needs. Gloom is not insensitive, but they are baffled by their own emotions. They see 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, Gloom may appear to be hard or aloof.

Gloom might struggle to establish a rewarding relationship, as they seek special individuals to bond with. If Gloom were able to accept and understand their own emotions, they would have an easier time grappling with other people’s feelings.

Gloom has a strong desire for emotional independence, and might have trouble seeing other people’s emotional needs. They might even be the first to deny that such needs are real.

As a result, Gloom’s dependency on others is unconscious. Because it is seen as such a threat, it is repressed. Actually, although Gloom offers conscious resistance to anyone who tries to lure them out of their emotional bubble, they are always making timid, half-conscious forays into the world of feelings, because their loneliness and fear are so unbearable.