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this just caught my eyes:
I can't say I've ever bought into astrology since I'm a pretty firm believer in your personality traits being based off your life experiences such as things you have done, places you have been and, people you have met, etc. I find because of that you really can't lump large amounts of people into such specific groups like that.
during my academic years.. I cared much about psychology and related behavioral sciences.. I remember this:
Personality= Nature + Nurture
(of course there are other elements to it such as brain injuries, hormones
& chemicals balances .. etc)
I am a big believer that we are born with a predetermined personality that gets refined or even tailored with age and experience.. BUT the root itself is there since birth.
The Jim twins are a good example of it
but also, if you have witnessed children, even less than 1 year old.. you would see how they differ dramatically in their personalities.. I was 10 years old when my mother gave birth to my twins brothers .. they both had their individualism from a very young age. And I was 24 when my sister gave birth to my nephew who had a very distinctive personality, even though he was an only child and with not much exposure to other children, he has his own ways of interacting with his surroundings. This personality is different from my other nephews and the little niece who were born and lived in another country.. each had their own. I told my mother once, that everyone is born with their personality.. just look at them and you would notice it immediately.. what experience does, is reshaping and refining the shape of it but not totally exchange it unless something traumatic happens.
since I am at it.. I believe that we also inherit some personality traits and preferences from our parents.. my father used to smoke Carlton (which I always hated by the way) .. then two years passed by without us seeing each other again.. when I came back, I found him smoking Davidoff and Dunhill which are my absolute favorite .. hahaha, I guess like father like daughter!
with age, it freaks me out how the things I criticised about him and about my mother are becoming part of me now. (hehe, my father and I we both like women so much XD)
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