There are 7.5 billion people on the planet.
We all have different and complex lenses through which we see the world.
And here we are all, trying to make things work.
What if everyone was more aware of the repressed parts of themselves that caused them to hate
others?
Could finding this information out about yourself prevent self destructive behavior?
Could understanding and having more empathy for your hidden self allow one to be more
tolerant of others?
This creepy and eerily accurate visual test you're about to take just might have the answer.
Leopold Szondi was a Hungarian psychiatrist and professor of psychology born in 1893.
By the late 1930's and 1940's Szondi's work was on par with the work of Freud and Jung.
When Szondi and his family were rounded up by the Nazis and put on a train to a concentration
camp, nearly 2000 American intellectuals paid for his release.
Unfortunately, Szondi's theories aged less well than those of this contemporaries and
he's largely unknown today.
Szondi believed that all of mental illness could be explained in a single theory.
Basically, he believed that human beings had eight drives.
A person could discover their underlying, unfulfilled drive by viewing a photo of the
faces of eight mental patients and choosing the one that made them feel most uneasy.
This would reveal their hidden personality traits, the part of themselves which they
have strongly repressed.
Occasionally, someone who was deeply repressing a part of themselves would react to a certain
face almost violently, having a fit, twitching or becoming otherwise visibly shaken and disturbed.
Ultimately, the Szondi test did not stand the test of time and today is mostly seen
as just an oddity.
But perhaps next time you see something you hate in someone else, you might realize it's
probably something that also lies within you.
Let's begin.
Have a look at these faces.
Don't overthink anything.
One of them should stand out to you as someone you would feel the most uncomfortable with
if you encountered them in a dark alley or they suddenly stepped into an empty elevator
with you.
Take note of which one it is, then skip ahead in the video to discover what it means.
Time stamps for the different choices are in the description section of this video.
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Number one.
The Sadist.
If you chose this image, according to Szondi's theory, it's possible that you are repressing
experiences from your earlier years particularly having issues with authority.
Individuals who fall into this category sometimes take passive aggressive resistance towards
authority figures such as bosses or parents.
Number two.
The Epileptic.
If you chose this image, according to Szondi's theory, it's possible that you are experiencing
repression of anger from your early childhood.
This is associated with traits such as impulsiveness, irritability and outbursts of aggression.
Typically when it's being repressed you'll find that these types of individuals seems
to have an impression of being very peaceful, very friendly and they can easily get along
with others.
Number three.
The Catatonic.
If you chose this image, according to Sxondi's theory, it's possible that you are repressive
hyperactivity and it goes back to your childhood.
Someone who's actively repressing this will have trouble being in touch with reality and
they'll have be repressing excessive mental imagination and stimulation.
So in this person's life what it usually looks like is that they're rather defensive and
they don't like to be vulnerable at all because they have rigid behavior that keeps those
repressions at bay.
Number four.
The Schizophrenic.
If you chose this image, according to Szondi's theory, it's possible that you are repressing
feelings of intense apathy and severe distortions of emotion or thought patters.
These individuals may have repressed feelings of indifference and they may be trying to
hold back the desire to withdraw from social activity.
The way that these people tend to come across when this is being repressed is completely
opposite so they'll seem to be very outgoing and they enjoy being with other people but
others may get the feeling that this is superficial.
Number five.
The Hysteric.
If you chose this image, according to Szondi's theory, you're likely suppressing very unstable
emotions around narcissism and exhibitionism.
These are people who are strongly repressing the need to get attention and the severe desire
for approval.
What they probably do in order to repress those feelings are to give off the impression
of being modest, shy or having excessive charm and kindness to get the attention that they
desperately desire.
Number six.
The depressive.
If you chose this image, according to Szondi's theory it's possible you're repressing a lack
of self esteem as well as feelings of guilt or inferiority.
Individuals who are repressing depressive behavior, they may come across as being very
outgoing and carefree.
Their confidence and optimism are obvious but what they're really covering are feelings
of sadness and negativity.
Number seven.
The maniac.
If you chose this image, according to Szondi's theory, you may be repressing feelings of
overconfidence.
This person may be repressing emotions of extreme extroversion, restlessness, recklessness
with money, emotions, just feeling out of control.
When someone's repressing these behaviors what it often looks like is someone who is
very controlled, precise with very logical behavior.
This is what they must do in order to keep those feelings at bay.
Number eight, dissociative identity disorder.
If you chose this image, according to Szondi's theory, this kind of person is confused about
who they really are.
They also might have issues or concerns about their gender and how their roles fit within
that confine.
People who are repressing this emotion may come across in a very forceful way about who
they are, actively trying to convince other people of something that they're not so sure
about themselves.