Reflective Essay: The Big Five Personality Test

Being a writer, I enjoy watching other people and picking up on their personalities and personal quarks. However, when it comes to myself, it is more difficult. We are often the worst judge of who we are. We may have a sense of who we think we are, but others may have an entirely different view on who they think we are. With that said, in order to get some perspective, I decided to do the Big-Five Personality test. I chose the Big Five because out of all the personality test, it is the one with the most validity. I recently did the Myers-Briggs Trait Assessment for a personality class in psychology, and found the result to be less than accurate. For the Big-Five, I scored 62.5% for Open to Experiences. This seems accurate as this would
As we all know, all drugs have side-effects, and sometimes it seems like the side-effects are worse than what you are taking the drug for.
For example, for the acne treatment drug Accutane you can get such great side-effects as crying spells, rectal bleeding and bone fractures. Nice. Mirapex used for Restless Leg Syndrome some side-effects you can look forward to are hallucinations and increased gambling, sexual, or other overpowering urges. I am not saying medication does not have its place. It obviously does. I just think too often it is a first resort instead of a last resort. This brings to mind how children being diagnosed for ADHD and bi-polar have climbed dramatically. I saw a feature on this one kid who was taking six types of medications. Each one to counter-act the side-effects of the other. By the time the parents got him off most of the medication this kid was left with a lifelong tick brought on by the medications. The doctor who prescribed all the meds of course was getting money from the pharmaceutical companies.
In conclusion, this has been a very insightful class. I enjoyed seeing the different therapy theories and viewing the counseling role