Psychological maturity is an important component in assessing the state of one's own psyche. Maturity contributes to the disclosure of all the abilities and talents of a person, helps to prosper both spiritually and materially. This list will be very useful for those who love quality food for the mind and in every possible way support their intellectual growth.
Abraham Maslow himself believed that individuals with the following qualities make up only 1% of the population and are a kind of model of a “quality person” - psychologically healthy and maximally expressing the human essence of people.
15 signs of a mature personality according to Abraham Maslow:
- A more adequate perception of reality, free from the influence of actual needs, stereotypes, prejudices, interest in the unknown.
- Acceptance of oneself and others as they are, absence of artificial, predatory forms of behavior and rejection of such behavior on the part of others.
- Spontaneity of manifestations, simplicity and naturalness. Compliance with established rituals, traditions and ceremonies, but treating them with a proper sense of humor. This is not automatic, but conscious conformism at the level of external behavior.
- Business orientation. Such people are usually not busy with themselves, but with their life task. Usually they relate their activities to universal values and tend to view it from the perspective of eternity, rather than the current moment. Therefore, they are all philosophers to some extent.
- A detached attitude towards many events. This helps them to endure troubles relatively calmly and be less susceptible to outside influences. They are often lonely.
- Autonomy and independence from the environment; stability under the influence of frustrating factors.
- Freshness of perception: finding something new in the already known every time.
- Ultimate experiences, characterized by the feeling of the disappearance of one's own self.
- A sense of community with humanity as a whole.
- Friendship with other self-actualizing people: a narrow circle of people with very deep relationships. Lack of manifestations of hostility in interpersonal interaction.
- Democracy in relationships. Willingness to learn from others.
- Stable internal moral standards. They are acutely aware of good and evil: they are oriented towards ends, and the means always obey them.
- "Philosophical" sense of humor. A humorous attitude to life in general and to oneself, but someone's inferiority or adversity is never considered funny.
- Creativity, which does not depend on what a person does, and manifests itself in all his actions.
- A critical attitude towards the culture to which they belong: the good is chosen and the bad is rejected. They feel more like representatives of humanity as a whole than of one culture.