Melancholy
Melancholy
Strengths of a Melancholy
When Operating in LOVE
Weaknesses of a Melancholy
When Operating in FEAR
The Faithful | The Thinker | The Perfectionist
Resentful | Too sensitive | The Pessimist
The Melancholy's Emotions
The Melancholy As a Friend
The Melancholy's Emotions
The Melancholy As a Friend
Deep and thoughtfully
Analytical
Serious and purposeful
Genius prone
Talented and creative
Artistic or musical
Philosophical and poetic
appreciative of beauty
Sensitive to others
Self-sacrificing
Conscientious
Idealistic
Makes friends cautiously
Content to stay in background
Avoids causing attention
Faithful and devoted
Will listen to complaints
Can solve other's problems
Deep concern for other people
Moved to tears with compassion
Seeks ideal mate
Remembers the negatives
Moody and depressed
Enjoys being hurt
Has false humility
Off in another world
Low self-image
Has selective hearing
Self-centered
Too introspective
Guilt feelings
Persecution complex
Tends to hypochondria
Lives through others
Insecure socially
Withdrawn and remote
critical of others
Holds back affections
Dislikes those in opposition
Suspicious of people
Antagonistic and vengeful
Unforgiving
Full of contradictions
Skeptical of compliments
The Melancholy As A Parent
The Melancholy At Work
The Melancholy As A Parent
The Melancholy At Work
Sets high standards
Wants everything done right
Keeps home in good order
Picks up after children
Sacrifices own will for others
Encourages scholarship and talent
Schedule oriented
Perfectionist, high standards
Detail conscious
Persistent and thorough
Orderly and organized
Neat and tidy
Economical
Sees the problems
Finds creative solutions
Needs to finish what he starts
Likes charts, graphs, figures, lists
Puts goals beyond reach
May discourage children
May be too meticulous
Becomes martyr
Sulks over disagreements
Puts guilt upon children
Not people-oriented
depressed over imperfections
Chooses difficult work
Hesitant to start projects
Spends too much time planning
Prefers analysis to work
Self-deprecating
Hard to please
Standards often too high
The deep need for approval
The Melancholy is intensely sensitive and quietly emotional. This temperament feels everything at a very deep level. Their sensitivity is not only personal it reaches out to those around them. Many times Melancholy’s feel a sense of guilt for not being able meet everyone's needs. This includes needs which have not been spoken but are apparent to the Melancholy.
“The Apostle Thomas is a good New Testament example of what God can do with a Spirit-filled melancholy temperament. He is known as the doubting disciple because of his famous statement, ‘Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into his side, I will not believe’ (John 20:25) That is blatant unbelief induced by Thomas’ doubts. Blatant because the words were spoken in spite of the Lord’s oft-repeated promise to rise again and the ten disciples’ assurance ‘that we have seen the Lord’. Humanly such a man was doomed to failure but such was not the case with Thomas.”