Personality-style tests seem to be flooding my social media timelines at the moment.  Whether it’s ‘What Game of Thrones character are you?’, or ‘How OCD are you?’,these quizzes are all seeking to crudely categorise and pigeonhole someone’s personality type.

For many, these tests are a way of understanding the more abstract traits of our character, and rationalising why we behave a certain way in particular situations. Very often, people describe themselves as being one of two types – ‘introvert’ or ‘extrovert’. But what if you display character traits of both, and don’t feel comfortable labelling yourself as one? Possibly it’s because you’re a lesser known ‘ambivert’.

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