Channels you enjoy watching speak volumes about your personality. Here's how
Whether it's respite from a hectic day at work, or a sad excuse for a social life, or a refuge from daily chores and nagging, what you flip on to watch in your time-out says a surprising lot about you. Your fixation towards a certain sort of programming can reveal interesting insights into your personality type, according to a study conducted by a US-based media research company.
Our experts, clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Varkha Chulani and psychologist Seema Hingorrany, deduce traits associated certain types of programming to help you figure where your TRP stands. Sports and music genres have been omitted owing to their generic appeal across masses.
Soaps
Family bonds and relationships are top priority for you. If serials
such as Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Kuch toh Log Kahenge or Pavitra Rishta
rock your world, you can be accused of being a die-hard romantic. Being
overly sensitive to others emotions can make you appear timid and docile
at times. High on sympathy, you are emotionally expressive. Watching
these serials gives you comfort and you often use these serials to get
ideas about resolving a problem in your own life.
Young men who watch soaps are suspect mama's boys who tow the family line and are unlikely to rebel.
Reality shows
If you're hooked to over-the-top melodramatic reality shows, you will
seldom find others interesting enough. You make for an inquisitive,
curious person with a competitive streak hidden within. Just like your
shows of choice tend to be slightly aggressive and melodramatic at
times. If you happen to bang your car into someone else's on the road,
chances are, you'll be the first to jump out and create a scene. Taking
blame isn't your strong suit, and you are known to derive vicarious
pleasure watching the lives of other people. Loud and boisterous, you're
not the first to show sympathy either. Watching shows such as Roadies,
Emotional Atyachar and Big Boss, makes you feel less guilty about the shortcomings in your own life.
Travel and cookery
Instead of drooling over Nigella Lawson,
you actually watch the show to learn good cooking. Travel shows fire up
the explorer in you, with your mind ticking away, trying to find a way
to get yourself there. A highly creative person, you love life pretty
much as it is. You believe in pushing limits and like experimenting. Not
big on cribbing or sulking, you're quick to get people out of
depression. The life of any party.
Educational
You can be accused of being a documentary-junkie. Channels such as National Geographic, Discovery, Animal Planet
and History are your fix. Watching anything else on TV feels like a
waste of time. Not big on parties, you have an intense personality and a
clear agenda to learn more in life. Knowledge-based on facts is fuel
for your mind. You are intelligent and may look down upon people who
watch mindless shows. In the pursuit of perfection, you have a
fundamental need to go ahead of yourself. Borderline introvert, you can
become asocial whenever you need to introspect.
Crime or thrillers
Shows like CID, CSI, Dexter and Castle
fascinate you.You are no dull cow. Reading between the lines comes
naturally to you. You believe you have been gifted with a third eye. You
are constantly looking to challenge yourself, be it at work or play.
You are an extrovert and like to be a step ahead of others. Compared to the average Joe, you are more aware and alert about whats happening around you. You don't buy theories easily and don't gossip. You only trust first hand information.
Sitcoms
A big hit with most, light-hearted easy-watching sitcoms such as Sex and the City, Friends, Big Bang Theory, Two and Half Men, Mad Men
and the likes appeal to your liberal lifestyle and blend with your
broad-minded ideology. Having achieved a certain status and financial
stability in life, you believe in individual freedom and give enough
breathing space to your partner. You don't mind treating yourself well.
You may still have some unfulfilled dreams and are unable to make deep
connections with people.
Paranormal or horror
Hungry for adventure, you have an intrinsic need to explore the
unknown. With your esoteric interests, if an idea interests you, you are
likely to investigate it till you find convincing answers. You often
employ your imagination to look for answers which are beyond rationale.
However, you may get easily carried away by data which appeals to you
but cannot be verified. This makes you gullible, easily influenced and
vulnerable. You love to watch stories of reincarnation, ghosts and
vampires or subjects dealing with the supernatural.
Cartoons
Adults who love to watch cartoons are looking for a quick escape from
the hard reality of their times. Watching cartoons helps them revisit
their childhood and nurture their inner child, reflecting a strong
belief in simplicity and innocence. You work hard in life and have a
good sense of humour.
News of the world
This is for people who are hooked to the 'breaking news' phenomenon.
You have an active thought process and like to indulge in discussions
with intense intellectual stimulation. You may get over-analytical at
times and flaunt your intelligence; want to be seen, heard and
respected. Sometimes when you get excited, you don't listen to others
and miss their point.
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