What can be determined from the drawing of a person. What do you see first in the picture? Psychological definition of personality
Dear visitors of the psychoanalytic office, you are invited to determine mental pathology according to a child's drawing of a person whether the child has any mental problems.
Signs of a possible mental pathology according to a child's drawing of a person
Particularly acute states (psychotic) are often manifested in the plurality, confusion and confusion of images in the drawing. Gross distortions of shape and proportions, displacement of individual parts of the image are common. Random chaotic lines and strokes appear.Often, in the process of drawing, a child with some mental pathology continuously comments on his actions, talking about the character he portrays. Comments are usually confused and contradictory.
As a rule, such children are brought for a consultation with a psychologist in connection with gross violations behavior.
IN preschool age(especially before the age of five) drawings with equally lengthy comments are quite possible in less acute mental states. However, in preschoolers, they also indicate serious emotional problems. In preschool children, typical indicators of psychotic arousal ( mental pathology) are the shading of the entire drawing, super-strong pressure on the pencil (so that the paper is torn) or the disappearance of the subject image.
Particularly gross distortion of the form human body and / or facial features that are not accompanied by additional disturbances noted above (image confusion, chaotic lines, shading, etc.) are frequent in the drawings of mentally ill people who are in a relatively calm state during the examination period.
Often, a person drawn by a child makes a repulsive impression, which is always an unfavorable sign. Sometimes various deformities appear in the drawings of children with violations of the schema of their own body, that is, they feel their body is not what it really is (a symptom that occurs when mental pathologies).
Particularly large ears are sometimes a sign of a suspicious attitude towards others (paranoia), a person’s confidence that behind his back they talk badly about him (in individual cases big ears are also drawn by people suffering from hearing loss or auditory hallucinations).
Distortions in the shape of a person's image are also typical of organic brain lesions. The general impression produced by the drawings of children with organic brain lesions can be formulated as “it didn’t work out correct form". At mental pathology it usually gives the impression that the person was purposefully drawing a distorted shape. Of course, such an assessment is very subjective, therefore, in all cases of severe distortion of the shape of the body and facial features, a detailed additional examination is recommended.
In some drawings, children deliberately draw various “forbidden” topics: female breasts, male and female genitalia, sometimes the depicted character, for example, pisses. This must first of all be interpreted as a manifestation of gross (probably pathological) anti-social tendencies.
In addition to gross distortion of forms, for mental pathologies according to children's drawing, the decay of the form, its fuzziness and uncertainty is also typical. On children's drawing human hands are depicted with strokes that are practically indistinguishable from the strokes depicting clothes. Legs are shapeless. These parts of the drawing contrast sharply with the clearly defined profile.
Such discrepancies are typical of a relatively long-established pathology, when some of the mastered graphic patterns have already disintegrated.
In mental pathologies, the reduction of significant parts of the image, for example, the head, is often manifested. Some parts of the drawing are thickly blackened. The pressure is so strong that the paper is torn in some places. This indicates a special high level tension.
In combination with the noted almost total absence The most important part of the image is that it suggests that the child is in a state of psychotic arousal.
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Any one of us wants to know what type his character belongs to. If you conduct a survey using drawings, you can more accurately determine your character. It has long been known that a person draws something. regardless of desire, you caught yourself whenever you just sit and think about something, and at this time the hand automatically draws any signs, drawings or just dashes.
We determine our character from the drawings, it doesn’t matter how the drawing is made, what matters is what is drawn on it, if you draw squares, rectangles, triangles and various geometric shapes, this indicates that you are an organized, punctual person.
If the figures are confused with lines, intersecting with each other, this means you are in a dead end and you need to look for a way out of the problem situation. Thick, bold lines characterize a punchy person who achieves everything in achieving the goal. When the drawing stands out too much with strong pressure, this suggests that you need to relieve tension, relax a little.
When flowers predominate in your drawings, the person who painted them is sociable, frank, he will easily respond to any request, it is easy and simple to discuss working moments with him and Everyday life it is easy to communicate with him.
Abstractions are mostly painted creative personalities, the most meaningless drawings help to get rid of tension, drawing chaotic, fantastic pictures, a person quickly gets rid of stress. It is easy to determine the character from eye drawings, people who draw eyes like to philosophize, but it is very interesting that these drawings very accurately determine how satisfied a person is with himself and his work.
If the eye is drawn at the top of the page, then the person who drew it rejoices in new perspectives. If in the lower corner, then the work does not inspire him and does not cause enthusiasm. The same can be said about which side the drawing is in, on the right side - a person very quickly copes with any work, if the drawing is on the left, then the author of this drawing is very slow.
Animal painters are people who get along well in any team, they feel like a part of this team. they know how to listen, support the weak, and at the same time have a special ability to support the leader. By drawing a cat, a person shows that close relationships are not enough for him, drawing birds - he seeks to gain freedom, a crocodile symbolizes power, an elephant is complete fearlessness.
Hearts most often give out a romantic person who quickly falls in love, who dreams of new meetings with a loved one. If the heart is drawn round and magnificent, it was drawn emotional person. When hearts are drawn all over the field, then you have a sensitive, vulnerable person who is very easy to offend. Hearts drawn with a diagram will show that the author of the drawing is an aggressive person who never thinks about others, he has his own self in the first place. A triangular heart shows a person with weak character who seeks to hide his shortcomings from others.
People who need support draw the sun, if they draw little men, the desire will evade some duties. The drawn grid shows a person in an unpleasant situation, if the lines are outlined in bold, the problem is not solved, and if the grid is circled, then the problem has been solved. Spirals, zigzags, wavy lines indicate that the painter thinks about solving only his own problems, all the rest are of little interest to him.
You can determine your character from the drawings using a test: for example, we suggest you draw a house, you take a piece of paper, a pen and start drawing, based on the results of what you have drawn, we will try to determine your character.
The drawn standard high-rise building characterizes a person who is dry, loving order, rather closed in himself, and not able to share his experiences with others, they do not dispute their point of view with anyone, and it is almost impossible to convince him of the wrongness of his opinion.
If we see a small house in the picture, then this shows that a person is too tired of problems, worries, worries, or simply dissatisfaction with life.
A house in the village indicates that your main thought is the housing issue, you want to improve your housing, or if a person is lonely, with this drawing he expresses his readiness to start a family, find home comfort.
If you draw a castle, it shows a romantic, windy, frivolous nature, but at the same time these people creative nature, light-weighted.
The flowers in the flower bed indicate that you are a very trusting, sophisticated person, hovering in the clouds.
Small windows with bars show us a person with complexes, secretive, greedy. If you drew shutters on the window, you are saying that you find it bad mutual language with people, you find it hard to make friends. Doors painted in the center speak of hospitality, generosity, and gullibility.
You can determine your character from the drawings yourself, the main thing is that when you answer the test questions, try to answer as honestly as possible, this is the only way you can accurately determine your character from the drawings.
Almost all of us, talking on the phone or listening to a monotonous lecture, automatically draw all sorts of squiggles or ornaments on paper. Psychologists have proven that these scribbles can quite accurately determine the character of a person or his mood at the moment.
How to do it?
Pay attention to the size of the picture. In all psychological tests using a drawing, this parameter is paid attention first of all. How larger drawings the more confident their author is. liberated and open people usually they draw large patterns right in the middle of the sheet, and those who are unsure of themselves and their abilities depict modest squiggles somewhere in the corner. If the drawings are densely arranged and occupy the entire surface without gaps, this person tries with all his might to attract attention, crushing everyone else under him. It happens that a person draws only along the edges of the sheet, leaving the center empty. This suggests that the author of such drawings has not yet found himself in life and is, so to speak, "in a creative search."
Now take a look at the image itself. If it's abstract, pay attention to the corners. Those who draw sharp corners usually have a quarrelsome character. Such people often enter into disputes and have a rather "prickly" character. If the lines are smooth and wavy, this characterizes the artist as a calm and balanced nature. The abundance of waves in the picture can also mean monotony and routine in everyday life and the desire to get rid of it. Sweeping drawings with pressure characterize an active and unrestrained person, perhaps a choleric temperament who strives for freedom and independence. It happens that a person draws not abstractions, but concrete objects. What do they mean?
The meaning of the drawings
- Houses or rooms are painted most often by lonely people. Bachelors subconsciously express in this way the desire for comfort and home
- Geometric patterns are drawn by careerists and ambitious people. Such persons are often unnecessarily picky both to themselves and to others.
- It is not difficult to guess that flowers, butterflies and clouds are drawn by people prone to a romantic worldview. Such people like to dream and often fall in love.
- Stars are drawn by those who secretly dream of fame, but stars with many rays are an alarming sign. A person depicting such drawings may be depressed.
One of the most famous signs of schizophrenia is the splitting of consciousness, which is subjectively experienced as a plurality of one's own "I". However, the feeling of a split personality can also arise in mentally healthy people, especially in a situation where a difficult decision is being made. Therefore, often worried people are interested in how to recognize schizophrenia in themselves. Find it out with a high degree only a psychiatrist can be accurate, but there are simple methods by which primary diagnosis can be made. These include, for example, the analysis of drawings.
How to find schizophrenia in yourself
Drawings are the product of our figurative thinking and largely associated with the activity of the subconscious. Their plots, features of images, forms and lines can tell a lot about the character and mental state of a person. This has long been proven by scientists, and now in the field of the study of the psyche, many so-called projective methods, or drawing tests.
How to identify schizophrenia by drawing
Psychologists and psychiatrists also studied the graphic activity of people with mental illness, including schizophrenia. Studies have identified a number of features characteristic of the drawings of schizophrenics:
- randomness, lack of plot and holistic images even individual items. The face of a man without a nose, and the nose separately to the side, a house, one of the walls of which is depicted in the other corner of the sheet;
- a combination of images (eyes, palms, sun, monsters), signs (letters, numbers), symbols (for example, infinity signs, spirals, male and female symbols), geometric shapes etc. in one picture;
- very complex and confusing symbolism of the drawings, understandable only to the patients themselves;
- images of eyes and palms are often found;
- strange, unusual colors and their combinations;
- drawing is almost always accompanied speech activity, which at this time is also incoherent and chaotic;
- the more pronounced the disease, the more difficult it is for a person to draw and the easier it is to speak.
It may seem that the drawings of people suffering from schizophrenia resemble paintings of some areas of avant-garde art: cubism, symbolism, abstract art and psychedelic painting. This is no coincidence. Many artists, creating their works, deliberately evoked a state of consciousness similar to schizophrenic delirium. For this, both drugs and special meditation techniques were used.
