Type A And Type B Behavior

Type A Behavior

If you're a Type A personality, your life is characterized by high discharges of adrenaline and cortisol. You are likely to also have high levels of cholesterol, blood fat, and blood pressure, and even to have high blood levels of clotting chemicals. These risks increase as you age, so the sooner you do something about them, the better chance you have of neutralizing them.

This personality type is very competitive. Type As have a very hard time listening and preventing themselves from taking control in conversations. In many cases they never have enough money, a large enough home, enough friends, or enough of anything else for that matter, because they subconsciously and consciously relate everything to their ability to accomplish things.

Type As cannot relax. A vacation with idle time stresses them because they interpret it as time with nothing to do. At social gatherings, they will not only turn a conversation around to the topic they want, they will dominate it as well; or they will eavesdrop, slowly inject themselves into a conversation, and then take it over.

Type B Behavior

Type Bs are the opposite of all of the above. They enjoy recreation and can have fun doing nothing. They are not all wrapped up in their accomplishments and often don’t mention them unless asked. They seldom become angry or irritable. Relaxing or pursuing a hobby does not make them feel guilty.

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