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Do You Have A ‘Type B’ Personality? Here’s How To Tell.

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08.04.2025

"Type B" people are more likely to live relaxed lifestyles but also may deal with procrastination.

You’ve likely heard a lot about the “type A” personality style. Folks in this category tend to be very structured, high-achieving and pretty highly stressed, which often results in praise in work and school environments, said Emma Shandy Anway, a licensed marriage and family therapist based in California

“Type A is the one that usually gets most of the noise,” Shandy Anway said, “we culturally love a type A person.”

They’re also more often portrayed in the media, such as the high-powered lawyer in a TV drama series or a straight-A student in a high school rom-com.

But just because type A folks tend to get the applause doesn’t mean those with the opposite personality, which is known as a “type B” personality, don’t deserve recognition, too.

There are certain hallmarks that define a type B personality (and many of those traits could be beneficial for type A folks to learn).

Below, therapists share the signs of a type B personality and how to determine where you fall.

1. You may be more likely to procrastinate.

While everyone has put a task off from time to time, a type B person is more likely to often procrastinate, whether it has to do with work or school deadlines or to-dos in their personal life.

“They tend to not feel a sense of deadline, so timelines are a little more porous,” said Anna Lau, a psychiatric nurse practitioner with Lavender Psychiatry in New York.

But just because there isn’t as much time pressure doesn’t mean type B people never get anything done, she added.

“It sometimes does mean that, and sometimes it just means that they get them done, but on a different timeline........

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