I have met various types of people in my life. Some persons with great personalities and can get along with quite well. On the other hand I have met people that have the type of personality that no one in their right mind would be friends' with. Where does my personality fit in you ask? My personality would be at the equilibrium of the spectrum. My defense mechanism can change as often as one would change a Duracell battery in a digital camera. This all depends on the person that I am interacting with and the subject at hand. I can adapt very well to different types of personalities that surround me.
             For the most part I use sarcasm as my main defense mechanism. This type of defense mechanism comes to me as second nature. I do not even know when I am being sarcastic with someone until it is already too late, and the damage is already done. I am quite often sarcastic with people and seldom serious. For example I am most sarcastic with my mother because I know that she can handle my sarcasm. "You think I ought to study more? Thanks for taking a break from watching soap operas and drinking tea to run my life." Even though sarcastic responses might score high on the wit and quick thinking. On the other side my sarcastic response to my mother also delivers a counter attack to what I have previously stated and can be mutually destructive.
             As I get older I have notice that I have been using more verbal aggression toward certain individuals mostly directed at my little brother. My little brother has no respect for anything. When I was his age I had respect for anything and anyone because that was how I was brought up as a young boy. For some reason I have very little patience with him. I feel almost that it is my duty as an older brother a.k.a. role model to steer him in the right direction. For example if I ask him to do a simple task, such as put his cereal bowl in the sink. He will usually tell me no ...