How to spot a Shallow Person.
10 tell-tale traits of shallow people.
What does it mean when we refer to someone as being shallow?
It is a very popular phrase in pop culture commonly used to refer to someone who lacks depth. But it is crucial to note an important distinction between what being shallow means in the world of mental health and what it generally means to the rest of the populace.
Generally speaking, someone can be considered as ‘being shallow’ if they check one of two boxes. The first being a lack of depth in thinking, and the other is the inability to mentalize — to understand one’s emotions or the emotions of others.
If someone only has intellectual depth without the ability to mentalize they usually seem shallow, also if a person can mentalize without intellectual depth, they may seem shallow.
While in the world of mental health, professionals deal with the shallow affect, also called flat affect. People can have reduced emotional reactivity or behave in apathetic ways that can be observed in their facial expressions or mood due to neurological factors, and this is mostly where the expertise of the mental health professionals come in.
Being shallow is not a mental disorder, although it is an observable symptom of most personality disorders brought about by…
