Abstract
Within the framework of "psychopathology at the workplace", we were asked to write a monograph, that is to say, a detailed study about a person we met and the analysis of his/her psychological structure.
I was a bit apprehensive about writing this paper. Indeed, it is not an easy task to write and express an opinion about someone, especially when we do not really know the person.
In order to write this monograph, I needed to choose a person whom I knew well and whom I used to work with. I chose to study one of my previous coworkers, whose personality seems original and complex to me. His name is Thierry. I met him during one of my six-months-internships in a famous multinational corporation of consumer products in Paris. We used to work in the same Human Resources open plan office.
First of all, I will describe Thierry, his physical aspect, his general appearance and the different contexts in which he evolves. Subsequently, I will try to define his personality structure, backing up my analysis with the courses delivered to the class and the documents studied in "psychopathology at the workplace". Finally, after assessing those analyses, I will try to anticipate Thierry's behavior at the workplace, with his coworkers and in his personal life.
I.Description of the situation: his character and his environment
1.Character
Thierry is in the prime of life: he is 45 years of age. He is tall. He is obviously few kilos overweight due to his non sportsmanship, but he is not what we can call a fat person. He has dull dark brown hair. He wears it a bit too long and it is messy which makes him look a bit sloppy. Moreover, he has little round brown eyes behind his glasses which seem to judge everybody crossing his path and which give him a very harsh expres-sion on his face. Lastly, his drawn look and his wrinkles give him a severe expression, which confirms his frequent bad moods.
He is not what we can call a beautiful man, but he does not do anything to improve himself either. He wears classic clothes, a normal round neck-line pullover over a shirt, dark trousers all year round.
