Designed by Hungarian psychiatrist Leopold Szondi, the aim was to explore a person’s deepest repressed impulses on the basis of sympathy or aversion. The method to perform this scan: determine which photo in a lineup of psychopaths caused the test subject the most discomfort. The general notion is that certain characteristics that annoy us in others are those that we developed an aversion to at an early age and are now repressed.
Doing the test is quite simple, just look at the eight photos in the lineup and pick the person you would least likely want to run into alone in a dark alley. Each photograph has an interpretation that corresponds to the repressed impulses.
Then read the interpretation that corresponds to the number of the portrait that most attracts your attention. Each photo is meant to represent a stimulus that can detect repressed and denied impulses in a person.
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EYE: it is very important to keep in mind that the test does not imply any type of mental disorder, it was simply designed to make an assumption about potential repressed drives in accordance with psychoanalytic theory. In summary, in no way implies that you are a psychopath.
In addition, there are results that, due to the age of the test, wildly homophobic results which, of course, correspond to a time when mistakenly Homosexuality was considered a mental disorder.
Although the original test included 42 different portraitsthis is a condensed version.
interpretations
1. Sadistic repression: the people who selected the first image may have repressed early life experiences, especially those associated with authoritarianism about their behavior.
Denial– Individuals who fall into this category may display a psychology that chooses passive resistance and defiance, which can wear down those in authority over you, such as a superior at work.
2. Epileptic repression: Personality disorders associated with brain disease and dysfunction (as occurs in some cases of epilepsy) may have diagnostic features such as irritability, impulsiveness, and outbursts of aggression. Those who selected this person may have some repressed feelings and behaviors associated with anger from early childhood.
Denial: Since people who fit into this category have repressed feelings of impulsiveness and anger, they are likely to come across as friendly, peaceful, and have the ability to bond well with ideas and with others.
3. Catatonic Repression: For those who felt uncomfortable around the man in this photo, they may have repressed hyperactivity, which can cause them to lose touch with reality at times. Characteristics of this mental disorder are excessive stimulation of the imagination and cognition in general.
Denial: People may find it particularly difficult to adjust to new situations and may be afraid of losing control. This can often result in being overly defensive and inhibiting a person from being vulnerable at times for fear of deviating from their rigid normal behavior.
4. Schizophrenic Repression: the schizophrenic personality is characterized by intense apathy and severe distortions of thought and emotion. People may have repressed feelings of indifference towards others and have withdrawn from society from a young age.
Denial: A general openness to being social and communicating with others, especially the pleasure of hanging out with company. The social aspect can be misleading and the relationships of individuals may seem superficial with an inner feeling that coexistence with others is not necessary at all.
5. Hysterical repression: The personality traits of those who can be classified as hysterics often exhibit unstable emotions, narcissism, and superficial exhibitionism. This is often done out of a need to command attention and a harsh desire for approval.
Denial: These individuals may give the impression of being a modest person, but in reality this shyness probably masks an overwhelming and excessive desire to charm others and attract their attention.
6. Depressive Repression: The general personality disorder that stands out in people who fall into this category is a lack of self-esteem, accompanied by feelings of inferiority or guilt.
Denial: People may try to mask a feeling of melancholy and apathy with an extroverted and carefree approach to life. Confidence and optimism can be shown, but they are often unbalanced compared to feelings of sadness and negativity.
7. Manic Repression: Diagnostic features of mania can manifest in various forms of extraversion, overstimulation, recklessness with money, and emotions. Those who were bothered by the face in photo number 7 may have trouble controlling themselves and tend to be overconfident.
Denial: People who fall into the manic category may attempt to deny their mania by not eliciting wild behavior and are averse to noise and excess. They will strive to exercise control, measurement, and logical behavior often.
8. Dissociative Identity Disorder
Repression: this personality type manifests itself in a person’s desire to live as a member of the opposite sex. If the man in the photo seems troubled and depraved, this may be related to a repressed childhood, identity, or gender conflict.
Denial: people may have a desire to emphatically confirm their biological sex through their dress and mannerisms. In this case, individuals may go out of their way to overemphasize gender in their behavior and dress so that others are not in doubt about their gender.
To end
Again, it is important to note that this test does not imply any kind of mental disorder. and when it was designed more than 80 years ago, homosexuality was still considered a mental disorder, which today is as ridiculous as it is obsolete.