Considered introvert, outgoing… or another verte? There is a new type of personality – and the funniest thing is that we were all born with him.
The psychiatrist Shoulder fireplace claims to have discovered a personality type so far not recognized – the “otherverter”.
In an article at, the expert starts by telling his own story of when he was a scout, in a child: “I remember feeling special and adult when wearing the uniform at the local core (…) but one day we formed a circle, while the group chief sat in a small bench and went to us very seriously. When he finished talking about what he meant to be a scout, we told us to be in direction, and to be in direction, and we recipient, and to be in direction, and we recipient, and to be in direction, and to be in direction, and to be in direction, and to be in direction, We solemnly repeated behind him. ”
“By saying the words aloud, I knew for the first time that I was different. While the other children seemed impressed with the sacred bond and their comrades initiates, I felt nothing. They were just words“The psychiatrist said.
Most people find it difficult to imagine what it is like not to feel any particular affinity or loyalty to any group. This is so unusual that it is often understood as a psychological problem to be treated.
However, over 40 years as a clinical psychiatrist, Kaminski says he realized that disinterest in belonging and assimilating a group is not a psychological problem. It is simply a type of personality never recognized.
We all were born
Other Right It is the term with which the psychiatrist describes those who do not feel the obligation to fuse their identities with those of others.
In fact, we are all born as another vertbefore the cultural conditioning of childhood cementing our affiliations to various identities and groups.
Not being able to adopt a group identity may have social consequences in a culture made to belong. However, It can also be advantageous.
When it is not belonged to any group, it is not subject to its implicit rules, nor is it influenced by its strength. This gives two beneficial characteristics: originality and emotional independence.
“Being out of the hive, as it were, allows you to think and create freely: have unique ideas, not contaminated by group thinking or what it came before,” writes Kaminski.
The other vertes are not afraid of social rejection. They do not seek external validation, nor depend on others for emotional support. No need to convince anyone of anything, let alone their own value.
