Due to the rapidity of the blood circulation in Thoracics, they tend to always be warmer than others. The majority of the bathers at the beach in the summer are largely of this type.
Because the Thoracic’s acute physical senses and thin, sensitive skin, and his instantaneous quickness make him have nerves as taut as a violin string, he is known as “high-strung.” Due to this the Thoracic is the most temperamental of all of the types.
His temper is extremely quick and he is often known to be “flying off the hand,” and “going up in the air.” Other types are temperamental too, but not as often or as short notice as this type. Unlike the Alimentive, who will avoid you if he disagrees with you, the Thoracic will tell you in a few hot words just what he thinks of you, without sugarcoating anything. However, the chances are high that in only a few hours after that bickering the Thoracic will be over whatever made him angry and will invite you out with him.
Thoracic’s are constantly – consciously and unconsciously – performing in a sense. He is extremely fascinating since he expresses his feelings with more or less abandon all the time and it is common for him to express as many as a dozen or more different tones in short spans of time.
The Thoracic desires the most out of all types to be admired and envied. He will do anything to get what he wants:
The Thoracic is capable of putting himself in the role of another and feeling as the other feels. It is natural for the Thoracic to act and become another person. One of the Thoracic’s desires is to be in the lime-light. While other people dream of fame the Thoracic “practices, ploughs and pleads his way to it.” The type most often found in movies and on stages singing and acting are the Thoracics.
The physical makeup of the Thoracic – the high chest, large lungs, sounding boards in his large nose section, and his unusual vocal cords – makes him the most common type amongst singers.
After long study and acquaintance you may be able to put yourself in the place of a few friends. The Thoracic does this instantly and automatically.
Due to the Thoracic’s keen eye sight for color and texture, they are generally the best dressed or the most stylish. Since the Thoracic desires the approval of others and knows that clothes don’t make the man but they can unmake him, he looks to succeed in attire. Because clothing is a big part of a first impression we give on strangers and because first impressions are hard to change, clothes are of high importance to this type. Thoracic’s tend to be more sensitive to others attitudes because others attitudes are more vital to his self-expression. In his younger years the Thoracic’s learn that clothes can aid or thwart the opinions of others on him and can better help express his personality.
This type tends to get the most out of everything since they receive more sensations out of every single incident than the rest of the human race does. He experiences more joy than any other type in the span of a lifetime, but also more disappointment.
The Thoracic’s “lightning-like liveliness of face, body and voice,” and his quick answers and on the spot reactions to everything cause him to be labeled as “flighty.”
Because the Thoracic does things too quickly before he can think about the elements of the situation he tends to feel a great deal of unhappiness and failure. His senses encourage him that something should be done and he rushes to do these actions that he realizes are ill-advised when he has a moment to think them over. He then rushes to right his mistakes and in the process finds himself being called “changeable” and “vacillating.”
Because the Thoracic does things too quickly before he can think about the elements of the situation he tends to feel a great deal of unhappiness and failure. His senses encourage him that something should be done and he rushes to do these actions that he realizes are ill-advised when he has a moment to think them over. He then rushes to right his mistakes and in the process finds himself being called “changeable” and “vacillating.”
We are prone to judge every one by ourselves. People whose mental or physical senses are less "keyed-up," less sensitive, call the Thoracic "rattle-brained."Usually such a man's brain is not rattled at all; it is working, as all brains do in response to the messages reaching it, via the telegraph wires of the five senses. In the Thoracic these wires happen to be more taut than in the other types. He gets sensations from sights, sounds, tastes, touches and smells much more quickly than the rest of us do. These messages are sent to the brain more rapidly and, since sensation is responsible for much of our thinking, this man's brain thinks a little more speedily than that of other types.
Thoracic’s are always a wee bit excited about something. Everything around him sends him into a momentary adventure. He hates unchanging environments and finds monotony practically unbearable.
This type finds something interesting in everybody. Unlike every other type the Thoracic shares his most interesting thoughts and sides of themselves with the world which keeps people intrigued by this type. Since people, no matter what personality, tend to be more interested in the “real individual” than the one in masks, this type is usually much sought after.
The Thoracic is not secretive about his plans at all. He will tell even his newest acquaintance what he is planning to do and how he expects to do it. The Thoracic gains many friends bye his obvious openness and capacity for seeing the interesting details in little things that others tend to overlook.
The Thoracic is a charming conversationalist and tells beautiful stories with colorful, vivid words and phrases. Speaking comes easily to this type and they thrive in public gatherings. People tend to love the Thoracic people because humans are attracted to those who are spontaneous, and spontaneous is the Thoracic’s middle name.
Thoracic’s are incessant talkers, and sometimes it can get annoying; but their long stories are so interesting that even though we might be annoyed that they won’t shush up, we find ourselves extremely engaged in what they’re saying.
A trait that is the most natural to the Thoracic type is seeing the funny side of everything. The reason behind
this is that they live by “the psychological fact that nothing is truly humorous save what is slightly ‘out of plum.’” Everything can be seen as funny if you look from the right angle, and the Thoracic always seems to find this angle, no matter how serious the situation.
Because of the Thoracic’s quick reaction to all events he is easily excited, yet easily calmed. Thoracic’s recover the fastest and most complete, from all of their moods, than the other types. Due to his quick reactions and acting upon emotion, Thoracic’s often feel sorry immediately after they act on their emotions.
Adventures and romance always interest this type. Thoracic’s live for adrenaline rushes and thrills. They are generally the type of people that jump out of airplanes, do deep-sea diving, and race cars. There need for adventure leaves the Thoracic easily tired by sameness:
The Thoracic likes people who are responsive, like himself. Anyone who is less expressive than him, he sees them as “stiff, formal or dull.” He admires people like himself who listen to him and are responsive listeners yet respect him not to interrupt his stream of stories. The Thoracic avoids people who seem dead, stolid, indifferent or cold. He has very little patience with these kinds of people because he doesn’t understand why they wouldn’t want to be like him.
Just like everything in the Thoracic’s life, the diseases he is most susceptible to are acute ones that come and go quickly. The Thoracic hardly ever has any sort of chronic ailment.
The Thoracic type works best in jobs that allow freedom of movement, that are full of rapid changes, and give much variety. Ceaseless change is demanded by their very nature. Meeting new people and conversing are strengths and hobbies of this type. Jobs they excel in are: advertising, publicity work, salesmanship, and reception experts in large businesses where a special person meets the public.
Citations:
Benedict, Elsie Lincoln., and Ralph Paine Benedict. How to Analyze People on Sight through the Science of Human Analysis; the Five Human Types,. East Aurora NY: Printed and Bound by the Roycrofters, 1921. Scribd. 4 Dec. 2009. Web. 28 Jan. 2012. <http://www.scribd.com/doc/41132983/Analyze-People-on-Sight-eBook>
Boyd, Thomas P. "PsiTek - The Mental Highway - FREE." PsiTek - FREE Metaphysical Books. Web. 29 Jan. 2012. <http://www.psitek.net/pages/PsiTek-the-mental-highway-Contents.html>.
not sure what happened to my comment. but wanted to say thanks for this analysis. i can truly relate to the description: extremely accurate. ie. being bored frequently w/my surroundings, g/f, etc.
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