16 Personalities & Types
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Why I Returned To Make Another 16 Personalities & Cognitive Function Test
After years away, I return to the 16 personalities framework to rebuild my tests with concrete, actionable insights. Join the journey.
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Beyond 8 cognitive functions: My new 16 Thought Patterns test
Discover how your thinking style shifts across work, relationships, and solitude with my new 16 Thought Patterns test. Move beyond static labels to understand…
Cognitive Functions
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How I Let Go of the Excuse of “I’m Gifted but Lazy”
Erik Thor explores why the gifted but lazy myth becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy—and how to break free from the smart-and-lazy identity.
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Why I Returned To Make Another 16 Personalities & Cognitive Function Test
After years away, I return to the 16 personalities framework to rebuild my tests with concrete, actionable insights. Join the journey.
Enneagram & Core Drivers
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How the Fawn Response Uses Pleasing to Stay Safe
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. A…
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Why the Flight Response Keeps Us Moving and Planning
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. I…
Values & Self-Realization
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I Thought Shame Was Making Me A Better Person. It Wasn’t.
In this personal essay, I explore how shame drove my coping patterns—people-pleasing, hyper-competitiveness, and avoidance—and how I learned to face shame with self-compassion.
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Why I Returned To Make Another 16 Personalities & Cognitive Function Test
After years away, I return to the 16 personalities framework to rebuild my tests with concrete, actionable insights. Join the journey.
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Why You Feel Like a Completely Different Person by Wednesday
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. Do you ever…
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You Can Never Be Too Smart Or Deep To Have Friends
Why treating friendships like intellectual sparring matches creates alienation, the problem with demanding that friends be impressive, and why real connection requires unconditional acceptance.
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You Can Never Be 100% Sure of Your Personality Type
Every personality description I read told me that a programming career was a terrible idea for someone like me. I believed it for years. Here is…
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How the Fawn Response Uses Pleasing to Stay Safe
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. A colleague asks…
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Why the Flight Response Keeps Us Moving and Planning
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. I am sitting…
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How the Fight Response Protects Against Vulnerability
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. A client tells…
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Why We Freeze When Emotions Feel Overwhelming
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. My uncle leans…
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Why Anger and Passion Are Two Sides of the Same Body Signal
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. A man pushes…
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How Anxiety and Excitement Are the Same Physical Sensation
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. I am standing…
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How Shame and Love Share the Same Physical Response
Hey, I’m Erik Thor—a developer, psychologist, and writer. I explore personality spectrums, cognitive functions, and growth. Read my story or support my work. I am having…
The Age of Self-Realization
An exploration of what it means to live in alignment with your true values. In a world full of external noise and identity traps, this book is about overcoming internal conflict, understanding your cognitive patterns, and finding the courage to grow into who you are.