What does the Instinctive Level evaluate?
Our primitive survival instinct—self-preservation—remains active and manifests in the way we relate to our environment and to ourselves.
A possible behavioral excess related to the use of instinctive resources can generate an imposing, intolerant side and, at times, various levels and forms of aggressiveness. On the other hand, the absence of a balanced level of use of the natural resources of self-preservation will cause a person’s behavior to be submissive to the environment, reducing their capacity to take their place in their life and the world around them.
This level will allow us to observe how the individual seeks to occupy their place in the world, relating to people and to their surroundings.
What is the intensity of {{nome}} at this stage?
- INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
(General characteristics: Management of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors)
Highlights:
- High impulsivity and intense immediate reaction to perceived discomforts
- Strong tendency toward centralization and high confidence in own criteria
- Exaggerated perception of self-authority, demanding immediate responses from the environment
Individual behavioral tendencies:
- May act with disproportionate intensity in response to small adversities
- Struggles to recognize the consequences of own behaviors
- Tends to deny vulnerabilities, adopting a self-sufficient and inflexible stance
- RELATIONAL MODEL
(Behavioral pattern when establishing personal relationships)
Highlights:
- Often reacts with harsh criticism to divergent opinions
- May create relational discomfort by demanding that own needs take priority
- Difficulty dealing with the emotional honesty of close people
Tendencies in relationships:
- Tends to be intolerant of others’ opinions, choices, or vulnerabilities
- May strongly oppose changes that do not originate from self
- Often inspires fear in others, which can lead them to omission or dissimulation
- ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY
(Ability to adapt and perform professionally / in groups)
Highlights:
- High performance energy, with great delivery potential when well-directed
- May resist collaborative processes and bargaining for mutual solutions
- Difficulty yielding in negotiations, with an inflexible focus on own interests
Performance tendencies:
- Performs best in direct command roles, though may cause discomfort due to excessive rigidity
- May turn simple adversities into complex confrontational issues
- At risk of exhaustion and isolation in environments with low tolerance for demands and imposition
Detailed profile:
Usually, a very high level of presence in the Instinctive Consciousness Stage can be strongly sustained by a low conscious awareness of one’s actions and their consequences, often unrecognized by a person using this behavior, but who, truly believing to be misunderstood, may tend to deny that their actions are the very center of creating much of the discomfort they experience.
With a very high presence in the Instinctive Stage, {{nome}} shows a strong tendency to believe in the existence of constant critical threats to their safety and well-being, ready to manifest and strike from all sides at any moment. This defensive interaction and lack of security in relation to the world around them leads {{nome}} to repeated impulsive and short-sighted reactions to the happenings in their environment, commonly resorting to harsh or rude reactions, sometimes even aggressive, to prepare for everything they believe is about to harm them severely.
According to the responses provided by {{nome}}, their way of acting is tendentially based on disproportionate perceptions of reality and the risks around them. This way of observing the world from this distorted perspective often happens unconsciously, i.e., not clearly perceived by the person experiencing it. However, native characteristics of the profile, such as a possible non-negotiable imposition of their own truth, can become a deadly enemy for their own development, as the tendency to blame the world for existing problems can frequently remain greater than a genuine willingness to question themselves and develop better emotional skills and, consequently, more effective behaviors.
For someone with this high level of presence in the Instinctive Stage, it may be potentially uncomfortable to engage in longer arguments. The need to convince others about their own beliefs tends to generate impatience and irritation.
In this scenario, there is often an unconscious perception that their own interests should also be the priority for everyone and that their desires should be a universal interest. Therefore, a person at this very high instinctive presence level usually feels neglected when their commands are not observed and their demands are not promptly met.
{{nome}}’s current mapping indicates that when something happens around them that is out of their control or disobeys their determinations, even the smallest details of a routine situation can easily take on enormous proportions and transform into life-or-death issues, requiring immediate combat and high-impact responses to correct and bring them under control. Commonly, a very high level of presence in the Instinctive Consciousness Stage does not suggest the use of discreet or veiled responses, as there is a tendency that, in most cases, simply acting is not enough; it is necessary for the other to clearly know that their action was disapproved and that they feel punished for what they did.
This strong tendency toward high-impact actions to face the biggest problems in the universe all the time can indeed be very useful, but it is primarily valid when it is truly necessary to preserve one’s life by facing real, large challenges, such as fighting or fleeing from major predators in the jungle or savanna to preserve life. However, although humans once needed this capability when living in conditions where we had to defend ourselves from significant threats that we could not negotiate with, these situations are no longer a reality in our everyday lives. The wear and tear of maintaining this constant state of alertness tends to be highly disproportionate to the existing context, causing incalculable damage to relationships, routines, and even the health of those who exhibit such behavior.
The behavioral pattern found here tends to a low capacity for bargaining and social integration focused on generating mutual benefits, often coexisting with intolerant behaviors and considered by many as harsh, using intense resources to impose their truth and demands, commonly in a rude, verbally aggressive manner, and possibly referring to people they disagree with in a prejudiced way.
An imminent difficulty in yielding to generate mutual benefits is commonly defended, thinking mostly only of short-term interests, leading to difficulty in building medium- and long-term relationships with mutual benefits.
A person at a very high Instinctive Stage who exhibits these behaviors of high demands and harsh criticism toward their surroundings tends to be a concern for those around them, as they demand everything to be done their way and will unpleasantly oppose anyone trying to introduce any change that seems to disobey their determinations.
Because there is no compassionate behavior toward the real capacities, needs, and desires of those around them, they often feel very uncomfortable with the honesty of others who speak their minds and feelings, attacking honest disclosures from others because they differ from their own desires. It is common, for this reason, that people around someone at a very high instinctive stage are not transparent or do not share everything that happens in their lives with them, as they already know this will likely result in many criticisms, accusations, and that issues they consider trivial could become disproportionately inconvenient, preferring to say what the other wants to hear instead of their true perception.
All human beings have unlimited potential for development, and there is ample space here for the development of a clearer consciousness regarding this form of relationship with the world and the people around them. However, it is possible that a person with a high level of presence in the Instinctive profile may have disagreed with part or all of what has been read so far and may feel a strong urge to immediately abandon the reading, especially if it contradicts the perception they have of themselves.
The understanding regarding the control that should be exercised over situations tends to be distorted and confusing in this profile, believing in the constant possibility of obtaining total control over all variables of situations in which a certain result is desired. A person with a very high level of presence in the Instinctive Consciousness Stage tends, for example, to strongly demand immediate changes in uncomfortable situations around them, disregarding the validity of what others involved may desire, instead of consciously evaluating the advantages or disadvantages of remaining in this situation and either staying or simply leaving peacefully according to their own interests.
Verbally aggressive, hysterical, or, in some cases, even physically aggressive behaviors can develop in borderline situations. In these cases, an inconvenient persistence in trying to forcibly extract an expected response can also be common, bringing the same issue up countless times, often with accusations that diminish the other and make them feel inferior and indebted to the one trying to control them.
It is also common for there to be, behind all this behavior, a great unconscious fear to be identified and emotionally developed. Most of the time, this fear is not consciously recognized, and the person will not be able to describe it immediately, often even denying its existence. However, this fear frequently leads the individual to a condition of continuous defense, often reinforced by statements that emphasize and exalt their great courage in acts of bravery. However, in a dangerous way, this claim can easily turn into aggressiveness to create an environment where they believe others fear them, so they do not feel threatened.
{{nome}} tends to consider themselves self-sufficient, with a centralizing tendency and an often disproportionate self-confidence to exclude the need for help from others, and a hasty analysis may lead to the belief that their confidence is greater than their actual abilities. Even if the self-capacity they attribute to themselves is occasionally proven true, in the medium or long term, there will be significant personal wear and likely social isolation resulting from their conduct.