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Neuroticism – Not Only Negative

Post author By Paula Tilli
Post date September 8, 2025
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Do you find yourself dwelling on things, and worrying about being misunderstood or disliked? Today, we’re going to dive into the fifth and final personality factor within the Five-Factor Model – namely, Neuroticism! You can find the previous blog posts about personality here, here, here, here and here. Has Certain Advantages People high in neuroticism […]

Tags Autistic personality, Neuroticism, Personality Psychology, The Big Five Personality Traits

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Autism and the Five-Factor Model: Openness

Post author By Paula Tilli
Post date July 25, 2025
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As I mentioned in my previous blog post, the five-factor theory suggests that we humans have more or less of five personality traits, including openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. A good mnemonic device is the word OCEAN, which stands for Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. As I wrote, not all autistic people are […]

Tags Autism, Autistic personality, Camouflaging, Five-Factor Model, Openness

My name is Paula Tilli, and I was born in 1979. Throughout my childhood, I was wondering why I was not like everyone else and why I had to struggle so much with almost everything. Therefore, it was a huge relief when I was diagnosed with Asperger’s and ADD at the age of 24.

In 2009, I graduated from the two-year-educational program about autism spectrum conditions in Ågesta residential college in Stockholm, Sweden. Today, I make my living by having presentations about what it is like to live with Asperger’s syndrom from the inside perspective. Up until now, I have had presentations in Sweden, Finland and Kuwait. Please contact me by the contact form for price inquiries.

I have a blog (in Swedish).