BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie
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The Extreme Ectotonic - Reflection<br />
The outstanding characteristic of the ectotonic is his finely-tuned<br />
receptive system. His spread-out body acts like a giant antenna picking up<br />
all sorts of inputs. He is like a sonar operator who must constantly be wary<br />
of a sud<strong>de</strong>n loud noise breaking in on the <strong>de</strong>licate sounds he is trying to<br />
trace. He likes to cross his legs and curl up as if he is trying to minimize<br />
his exposure to the exterior world. He tries to avoid making noise and<br />
being subjected to it. He shrinks from crowds and large groups of people<br />
and likes small, protected places.<br />
The ectotonic suffers from a quick onset of hunger and a quick<br />
satiation of it. He is drawn to a high protein, high calorie diet, with<br />
frequent snacking to match his small digestive system. He has a nervous<br />
stomach and bowels. He is a quiet sleeper, but a light one, and he is often<br />
plagued by insomnia. He tends to sleep on one si<strong>de</strong> with his legs drawn up,<br />
and his sleep, though slow in coming, can be hard to shake off. His energy<br />
level is low, while his reactions are fast he suffers from a quasi-chronic<br />
fatigue and must protect himself from the temptation to exercise heavily.<br />
His blood pressure is usually low and his respiration shallow and rapid<br />
with a fast and weak pulse. His temperature is elevated slightly above<br />
normal and it rises rapidly at the onset of illness. The ectotonic is resistant<br />
to many major diseases, but suffers excessively from insect bites and skin<br />
rashes. His hypersensitivity leads not only to quick physical reactions but<br />
to excessively fast social reactions as well. It is difficult for this type to<br />
keep pace with slow-moving social chit-chat. He races ahead and trips<br />
over his own social feet.<br />
Self-awareness is a principle trait of ectotonia. The feelings of the<br />
ectotonic are not on display, even though they can be very strong, and so<br />
he is sometimes accused of not having any. When they are in a situation of<br />
<strong>de</strong>aling with someone who has authority over them or with someone of the<br />
opposite sex whom they are interested in, they often make a poor first<br />
impression. They are uncomfortable in coping with social situations where<br />
overt expressions of sympathy are called for or where general idle<br />
conversation is the norm, for example in parties and dinners where they<br />
have no intimate acquaintances.<br />
The ectotonics are hypersensitive to pain because they anticipate it<br />
and have a lower pain threshold as well. They do not project their voices<br />
like the mesotonics, but focus it to reach only the person they are<br />
addressing. They appear younger than their age and often wear an alert,<br />
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