Axis

Reserved vs Outward

Whether you tend to think privately or clarify your thoughts in conversation.

  • Reserved
  • Mixed answers
  • Outward
Reserved vs Outward axis illustration.

Three states

Compare two preferences and a mixed answer pattern.

Whether you tend to think privately or clarify your thoughts in conversation.

Reserved

Reserved

You may prefer time to think before answering. In a fast conversation, your clearest view might form after you have listened and considered it privately.

A question to notice: After a day with little private time, notice whether an unfinished conversation follows you into bed.

How Dreamline uses it: Your answers contribute to Pattern Profile. Use the question above alongside your own Journal notes to explore when this description fits.

Mixed answers

Mixed answers

Your answers include both private reflection and outward discussion. Consider which situations favor each approach.

A question to notice: Compare evenings when you had time alone with evenings spent in company. Note what you remember and how you felt on waking.

How Dreamline uses it: Your answers contribute to Pattern Profile. Use the question above alongside your own Journal notes to explore when this description fits.

Outward

Outward

You may clarify a thought by talking it through and hearing another response. Conversation gives you material to test and revise as you go.

A question to notice: After a lively evening, notice whether you keep composing a reply when the conversation is over.

How Dreamline uses it: Your answers contribute to Pattern Profile. Use the question above alongside your own Journal notes to explore when this description fits.

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