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comment by btcprox
btcprox  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's Quit It with the Introvert/Extrovert Nonsense

    a person's personality can be generally summed up as a combination of where they land on the spectrum on each of these traits. ... no "better" or "worse" place to land on each of the scales, however some combinations create a disposition for specific psychological disorders.

    ... It is not just where a person falls on the extraversion spectrum, but how that trait works hand in hand with other traits.

Right, after all a personality is the layered and complex combo of numerous identifiable traits, and then some. Picking out a few traits would only reveal a little fragment of the person's psyche.

Maybe identifying oneself as part of a binary - or generally part of a group of a polytomy - just gives one a sense of belonging and relief, knowing that he/she is not alone in the challenges faced because of who he/she is.