The first animal you notice may reveal your biggest personality flaw: a fun psychological test 0 Comments Everyone who uses social media is familiar with these strange and mysterious illusions, which allegedly contain the answers to our deepest psychological secrets. Most people only glance at these images and forget about them. However, every now and then, there is one that catches our attention. The detailed sculpture below is one of those: an entangled biological mesh creating the shape of a human face. The rules are easy: Do not cheat. Your first animal will show what your biggest personality flaw is. Although these types of assessments are generally not based on scientific principles but rather on psychology, they do incorporate an interesting concept known as Pareidolia. In other words, Pareidolia is the human ability to recognize significant figures in a seemingly arbitrary image. What you focus on first tells a lot about the current condition of your mind. So let’s dive into the menagerie and explore what your first choice might suggest about the “shadow side” of your personality. 1. The Lion (The Crown of the Head) Should your eyes have instantly been drawn to the magnificent lion seated majestically upon the crown of your head, chances are that you are a person of strength, power, and prestige. But just as with every creature in this image, there is a shadow side to the Lion as well, and that dark side is arrogance and rigid pride. Being drawn to the image of the lion means that your “biggest flaw” could be a failure to accept when you are mistaken. Being in a position of authority and thinking of yourself as a protector makes you automatically think that admitting fault will undermine your position. Your craving for admiration turns into a hunger for control, which makes it hard for others to give you any negative feedback without you taking it personally. Pexels 2. The Eagle (The Cheek/Eye Area) An eagle symbolizes clarity and accuracy. If this is the creature you picked, then your personal flaw would probably be either detachment or hyper-criticism. Eagles soar high and observe things from above. This helps you understand situations from afar very well, but at the same time, it may make you seem distant or detached. The problem is in the fact that while observing events from up above, you fail to consider the messy emotional aspect of people’s actions. Perfectionism may be one of your flaws. Pexels 3. Snake (Chin and Neck)

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Acknowledge the flaw without judgement: The next step is to take down your armor. Don’t start blaming the test or saying the test is “off.” If you identified with the Snake and you’re now acutely aware of your proclivity for secrecy and manipulation, just allow that awareness to be. Admitting a weakness doesn’t mean you’re a bad person; it means you’ve become a self-aware individual.

Find the virtue within the vice: One of the most appealing qualities about Jungian psychology is that it suggests there is virtue inherent in every vice. The Lion’s arrogance might simply be untrained leadership skills. The Fish’s escapist tendencies may actually represent the potential for a very creative imagination that still needs to be focused on something meaningful.

Act and integrate: Once you identify that you are dealing with a certain pattern, you empower yourself to make a choice of another kind of reaction. Learning about something is the first step towards change. When next you find yourself having the desire to “swim away” during an emotional discussion, you can remind yourself of the Fish. Having identified the behavior as learned, you can challenge yourself to stay in the discussion room.

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Conclusion
In the end, this picture is an absolute demonstration of Gestalt—an aspect of psychology whereby the “whole” becomes greater than the sum of its parts. Your brain will finally solve the puzzle and see the face of the human being. But without the presence of the intricate and sometimes even contradictory “animals,” there would be no such human face.

We are all living manifestations of such instincts. We are never just one entity; we are Lions, Snakes, Fishes, and Birds all in one. Our “greatest flaw” is often merely our “weakest part.” And when looking at a composite picture such as this one, we must journey through a jungle of distinct characteristics before seeing the human nature in the middle.

Through paying close attention to the first thing that we see, we obtain a small but priceless advantage over ourselves. We go from being the subjects of invisible powers to becoming masters of our fate. What was the first thing that you saw? More important, what are you going to do with your discovery for today? All you need is the mirror before you and simply look until you see yourself completely, warts and all.

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