Strange's Nohari Window

The Nohari Window is a challenging inversion of the Johari Window, using antonyms of the original words. By describing your failings from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of perceived and unrecognised weaknesses can be explored.

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	Known to Self	Not Known to Self
Known to Others	Arena insecure unhappy passive	Blind Spot incompetent intolerant inflexible aloof withdrawn distant insensitive smug dispassionate overdramatic
Not Known to Others	Façade childish impatient	Unknown timid cowardly violent glum stupid simple irresponsible vulgar lethargic hostile selfish unhelpful cynical needy unimaginative inane brash cruel ignorant irrational boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky unethical self-satisfied rash dull predictable callous inattentive unreliable cold foolish humourless
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that Strange is insecure
66% of people think that Strange is withdrawn
66% of people think that Strange is distant

All Percentages

incompetent (33%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (33%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (66%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (33%) rash (0%) dispassionate (33%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

vickylovesyou thinks: passive, dispassionate, distant, unhappy, insecure, withdrawn.
anonymous thinks: smug, overdramatic, intolerant, incompetent, insensitive.
DADDY thinks: distant, withdrawn, insecure, aloof, inflexible.

You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-

<table style="text-align:center;border-spacing:0px; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#ccf"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Arena</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known to self and others)</div> insecure, unhappy, passive</td><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#fcc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Blind Spot</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known only to others)</div> incompetent, intolerant, inflexible, aloof, withdrawn, distant, insensitive, smug, dispassionate, overdramatic</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#cfc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Façade</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known only to self)</div> childish, impatient</td><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;background:#ccc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Unknown</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known to nobody)</div> timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, rash, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that Strange is insecure 66% of people think that Strange is withdrawn 66% of people think that Strange is distant <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (33%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (33%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (66%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (33%) rash (0%) dispassionate (33%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%) <div style="border:1px solid #000; padding:8px; text-align:center;background:#eee"> Created by the <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 16.9.2026, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Strange">view Strange's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
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For the original positive spin, look through the Johari Window.