Trusted Friend
People tell you their secrets, because they feel safe around you.
When someone is upset, you are usually the first to notice.
- Emotional stability
- Agreeableness
Your strength
Steadying other people.
Worth watching
Helping everyone makes it easy to leave no time for yourself. Learn to say no as well.
How this character is derived
This character comes from your two strongest traits: Emotional stability and Agreeableness. You have the other three as well. These two simply scored higher.
If those two traits score very closely together, the test shows you the second character too. The result is a snapshot of today, not a fixed label.
Someone known for the same quality
The illustration is an artistic depiction of the character, not an authentic portrait of the historical figure.
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
980-1037
As a physician and scholar, he devoted his knowledge to helping people and protecting their health and well-being.
Wikipedia
At home · At school · In relationships
At home and with the people close to you
Your strengths
- Peace at homeWhen an argument starts you do not raise your voice. Usually you are the first person to soften it.
- Trusted firstYour brother or sister tells you about a problem before anyone else, because they know it will not reach the adults.
- Help without being askedIf you can see someone is tired you do not wait to be asked. The person who washed up is usually you.
- Patience with older peopleYou listen to your grandmother tell the same story a third time without getting bored. Not many people can.
- A promise at homeWhat you promised your family, you remember. Even a small thing.
Worth keeping an eye on
- Hiding what you needSaying “I do not need anything” often enough, you stop asking even when you really do.
- Changing the subjectInstead of settling a disagreement you steer the talk elsewhere. It does not go away: it collects.
- Carrying everyone else“It is easier if I do it”, so you do the housework yourself, and then cannot work out why you are tired.
- Not showing you are hurtWhen something stings you go quiet. Your family does not know why, and it looks as though they have missed something.
- Hard to say noYou do what is asked even when it breaks your own plans. Afterwards it feels tight, because no time was left for you.
In lessons, in exams and among classmates
Your strengths
- Holding group work upThe part nobody took on is the part you finish at the end.
- Classmates trust youEven the student who gets on with nobody opens up to you, because you do not judge.
- Calm in an examWhile everyone else is nervous you work at your usual speed. And you do not forget what you knew.
- How teachers see youYou do not push back and you keep your word, so the responsible job often comes to you.
- Slowly, but without stoppingNot in one night, but a little every day. That is how the result adds up by the end of the year.
Worth keeping an eye on
- Not asking questionsAsking about the part you did not follow feels awkward, as if you would hold the class up. Then that topic gets harder.
- Underrating yourselfYou judge your work to be weaker than a classmate's. Most of the time that is not true.
- Standing back from leadingYou hand the group leader's job to someone else, even when the team chose you.
- Giving way in an argumentIf someone speaks with a firm tone you do not defend even a right answer.
- Doing it instead of helpingInstead of explaining, you do it yourself. They learn nothing and you work twice.
In friendship and close relationships
Your strengths
- A real listenerYou are not preparing your answer; you are actually listening. People notice at once.
- A secret stays with youWhat is said to you goes no further. Your friends have tested that.
- You make peaceWhen two friends fall out, the one who talks to both is usually you.
- Friendship that lastsYour friendships run for years. You are not the one who lets them go.
- No judgementEven someone who got it wrong is not afraid to tell you. That is why they tell you.
Worth keeping an eye on
- Being taken advantage ofSomeone who knows how kind you are can use it, and you are usually the last to notice.
- No boundaryYour phone is open at midnight too. No time is left over for you.
- Storing up hurtYou say nothing about what stung, then suddenly pull away. Your friend does not know why.
- Wanting to please everyoneYou keep your view to yourself and agree with the majority. Your view was needed too.
- Leaving yourself no timeYou give your friends so much that being alone feels like a fault. Rest is part of it as well.
The direction that suits you best
Psychology and counselling
People tell you their own things and you listen without cutting in. Staying calm under pressure is required here too.
Alongside it, you can pick one of these three directions
- Extra
Palliative and hospice care
On the hardest days you can sit calmly beside someone, and not everyone can do that.
- Extra
Animal-assisted therapy
A rare field that helps children through dogs and horses: patience and warmth are the main tools.
- Extra
Sign language interpreting
You become the bridge between a deaf person and everyone around them, and your patience matters here.
The full guide
"Trusted Friend": an eight-page PDF guide.
In everyday life, at school and in future directions; growth points and a two-week practice. Free, no sign-up. The guide is written in Uzbek.
Ready?
Six challenges. You do not have to finish them in one day.