WeChat avatar is the first channel for us to contact others in the WeChat world, so that we can show what we want others to see most. So the role of our avatars is mostly to show and strengthen our self-image.

Wechat avatars can be roughly divided into eleven categories, namely:

First, my image photo includes photos of my face, chest circumference and whole body, and this image photo is the most common as a head photo.

We must first make clear whether the other party presents a facial depiction or a full-body photo; Life photos, ID photos, art photos or childhood photos. When we make these two steps clear, we need to find out whether the photos are natural or exaggerated. For example, many girls' facial photos are usually processed by various beauty software and put on various funny expressions.

Finally, it is necessary to clearly observe what environment or facial expression features this avatar presents besides my personal image. When we have mastered these clues, we have made the "observation" in observation more in place, and then the "inspection" part. How to "inspect"?

The analysis guide is as follows:

1. The more natural the self-portrait image is, the less it is deliberately decorated, which proves that the personality difference between the other party in the photo and the other party in real life is small. This kind of person is the most confident person in the WeChat world. They are often open-minded and sincere, willing to present their true selves to others, and can also empathize, tolerate and understand other people's shortcomings.

2. If this photo is a certificate photo, it is necessary to focus on the person's expression. If the people in the photos show the feeling of being serious, cautious and idle, they often have a strong sense of oppression and refuse to take off their personality masks, which is a typical "personality mask" in life. It is difficult for such people to face their true selves, their personality development is often imperfect, they complain a lot about life, they are unfriendly to people, they are more hidebound in doing things, and their sense of adventure is weak, but their sense of responsibility is often strong.

3. If we find that the other person's head is similar to the big photo, with exaggerated expressions and movements, such people often lack self-confidence and even feel inferior. They want to establish relationships with others and are eager to be noticed by others, but they are often self-centered, emotional and even neurotic, and their psychological development level is low, which is what we call a typical example of psychological immaturity.

4. Using artistic images as avatars, such people often have some psychology of over-modification. They use artistically decorated images as incarnations, which are often used to cover up their unconfident true selves in life. They like to listen to others' praise to fill their inner emptiness, and care more about the number of praises and comments in their circle of friends than the average person. Of course, they will also take the initiative to praise others. A special case that needs attention is that some artists, actors, etc. Only provide the outside world with a kind of identification information about their own identity, strengthen their sense of image, and thus gain a sense of self-satisfaction and strength.

5. there is also a photo of yourself, which is a photo in a certain environment. In addition to yourself, there are often other details that you want to highlight intentionally or unintentionally. For example, I have a friend around me. The content of his WeChat avatar is roughly that he is in a coffee shop with a bamboo basket in his arms. There are some fruits in the bamboo basket, and there is a very bright smile on his face. Later, after my observation and inquiry, I realized that he just wanted to show that he loved life very much through this photo. He said he liked his smile in this photo best. That's right. I'm sure you've seen a lot of these headshots. When analyzing this kind of headshots, we should focus on other details besides the characters themselves. Give you some hints, such as what kind of space is this person in? What's the expression on your face?

6. In our life, we often see many people use old photos of their childhood as avatars. From the perspective of psychoanalysis, this is a kind of "regression" in itself (referring to people who give up their mature adaptive skills or methods when they encounter setbacks or face anxiety and pressure, and retreat to use some behaviors in the early stage of life to deal with the current situation in a primitive and naive way, thus reducing anxiety).

In real life, our hearts are burdened with too much pressure. Whenever we relax, we will miss a carefree time in the past and miss the beauty of childhood. Therefore, we will use childhood photos as avatars to express our desire to be loved and cared for.

Of course, in addition to the self-portrait photos mentioned above, there are many types of avatar photos. For example, we will find that some people's image photos often show people with their side faces or backs, which suggests that this person may have a strong defensive mentality. Such people are usually complicated in heart, with different ways of thinking, maverick, unsociable, and may even be pessimists. Everyone can pay more attention to observation and summary in life.

Second, the image of intimate relationship (including children, lovers, lovers, etc.). )

People who use this kind of photo as their heads have a psychological feature, that is, their sense of strength, existence and value, mostly from the relationship shown in the photo. They show their love for life and have a perfect love relationship, marriage relationship or parent-child relationship, but it just reflects their dependence on relationships. They are not afraid that life will fail them, but that they will lose these relationships. When you walk into their hearts, you will find that such people are often like a fragile and immature child. In a positive sense, they are more likely to get the satisfaction given in the relationship; In a negative sense, they often have a deep desire to control their children, lovers and other half.

Third, landscape images (more common in urban scenery, natural scenery, all kinds of flowers and plants, etc.). )

People who use such images as avatars are often the most difficult to analyze, because we can't see "people" in the information of avatars. This kind of people don't want to disclose their true image, which just reflects that they are very good at hiding themselves in real life. They often have more or more experiences than others, giving people a sense of maturity and stability, although they are not necessarily old. These people are emotionally stable and peaceful on the surface, but they have strong psychological energy inside. To know what kind of "complex" they have, we can think about the hidden meaning by observing the image information in their headshots. As we know, the ancients often used scenery to express their aspirations. So, is the inner world of such people the same?

Four. Animal images (mostly with all kinds of pets as their heads)

Users of this kind of avatar are often the type who like to express their will by holding objects, and they convey their image to the outside world through the meaning symbolized by the animals they use. It should be noted that people who take Meng Chong as their head are mostly kind-hearted and eager to be cared for, but because they are as weak as Meng Chong, they will be more afraid or disgusted with interpersonal communication.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) the image of a famous person on the Internet (handsome guy and beautiful woman)

This kind of head portrait often appears on people who are extremely dissatisfied with their image. This kind of person pays too much attention to the meaning of face value to himself, and assumes that people around him judge people by their appearance, and often judge people by their appearance. In real life, such people are often inattentive, afraid to look at others, young in mind, often in anxiety and depression, and prone to emotions of great sadness and great joy. Of course, there are still a group of people who also like this avatar very much-WeChat business. The reason is that they hope to establish a good first impression with people with low cognitive level through such avatars, so as to achieve the purpose of buying and selling business. Of course, if they have a good image, they will also use their own retouched photos as their avatars.

Six, cartoon characters (including my image stick figure or cartoon)

People who use this kind of head portrait are often teenagers who can't get a sense of strength in real life. Because of their low psychological level, they often feel that they have no sense of strength in their hearts. They need to use the powerful ability of the secondary figures to ignite the small universe of their inner world and make themselves feel that they have the energy to change the world. Obviously, most of these people are idealists. If users are men, they usually have lofty dreams, but they often stop because of lack of action and willpower; If the users are women, they usually have imaginative minds and innocent hearts. In a negative sense, people who use this avatar may have different degrees of depression or anxiety.

Seven, graphic symbol image (all kinds of geometric figures, or simple lines)

Users of such avatars often have extremely complicated inner worlds. From a psychological point of view, the more complicated people are, the simpler they need to be. These people are also practitioners of minimalism in their lives, and they don't like to complicate the things they encounter. They don't like complicated people and things, and often reveal themselves to the outside world as simple people. You should be more careful in observing and analyzing such people. You need more and more comprehensive observation to really understand their hearts.

Eight, idol image (all kinds of stars, great men or film and television drama characters)

Do you think users of this kind of avatar have the characteristics of these characters in the avatars they use? Yes, you may have such a misunderstanding, but it is not the case. Users of this avatar really hope that the outside world can see themselves like this. Generally speaking, what kind of avatar a person lacks, what kind of avatar he will use. In this way, he can gain a sense of identity and satisfaction.

Nine, foreign characters (more common in all kinds of European and American characters)

The frequency of such avatars is not high. People who use this kind of head portrait are often people with a sense of superiority, and they are pursuing a life full of personality or fresh and refined. This kind of people are often in a depressed state in reality, and the characters they use usually give people a feeling of decadence, depression and wildness, as if using this avatar to express their demand for liberation and freedom.

X. Images of living objects (common in all kinds of artistic pictures)

This is actually a very interesting avatar type, which is rarely used. They usually take some ordinary things in life as their heads, such as a cup of milk tea, a pair of gloves, a cup, a bike and so on. This kind of thing often has unspeakable symbolic significance for them.

XI. Blank images or frequently changing avatars (avatars are deliberately set to blank or pure white)

Users with blank avatars are often people who like to change their avatars before. Setting the avatar to blank can be understood as no type of avatar can satisfy him. This kind of person often cares too much about what people around him think of him, especially wants to be noticed all the time, and often feels pressure. Inner emptiness is like a blank head, which cannot be filled. If something happens in their life that can make him feel full, they can't help but change their heads back.

In order to help you better understand the above content, I found the following three avatars in my WeChat circle of friends, and I think I can dig out some clues of mind reading to a greater extent. Here, I will make an in-depth analysis for you to let you feel it. When we see an avatar, what kind of thinking should we use to observe and analyze it.

Then, let's take a look at these three avatars: here, I need to declare three points:

1. These three avatars are all from my WeChat circle of friends, which means they are all friends around me in real life, so we can observe and analyze them well.

2. In order to protect the privacy of others, I didn't use a selfie-like avatar for analysis.

3. I really got their permission to use these three avatars for analysis.

Let's take a look at these three pictures in turn and see what we can find.

First of all, the tone of the first portrait is gloomy, and a handsome guy can be seen vaguely in the picture. Behind the boy is a window that shines into the sun. The boy's eyes seem to be staring at something. Please note that I use objective descriptive language to describe the image content, and here is actually a reference observation point for you. When we see an avatar, the first step is to silently describe the most intuitive content in the picture with objective and narrative language. It should be noted that we can't fabricate information at will according to our own judgment. We will encounter an obstacle here. Because each of us subconsciously has a function of automatically perfecting and supplementing information, when we see this boy staring at a place or something in this image, we will feel uncomfortable, and our subconscious will jump out to help us improve this part. For example, some people think that the boy in the image is looking at his mobile phone. We should gradually realize this problem in the process of actual training and reverse it. According to the above, we can easily find that this portrait belongs to the type of "network celebrity map". People who use this type of head portrait are often dissatisfied with their real image and have a strong sense of inferiority, so they need to realize psychological compensation through the image of handsome men and beautiful women. In this portrait, there is a detail that caught my personal attention. Let's focus on the color of this portrait. According to the user of this avatar? Sue me, he didn't realize that the tone of the picture was gloomy when he chose this avatar. This tone is entirely his unconscious choice. In other words, the color tone is the details that this avatar really projects his inner real world. We often say, "You have the world view you see." So we can draw a conclusion that the gloomy tone of this avatar just shows that the avatar user has accumulated too many negative emotions in his heart, and he uses the psychological defense mechanism of "repression" to try not to show these emotions. Although the circle of WeChat friends blurs the boundary between the real world and the virtual world, it gives us a chance to break away from the pent-up emotions in our subconscious. The user of this avatar will use this type of avatar because his subconscious wants to use it as his emotional regulator to stabilize and strengthen his heart. After observing the information in the avatar, we should make a series of bold assumptions and inferences immediately according to the feeling given by the picture information. Let's take the user of this avatar as an example. In reality, he is really not a handsome guy in the public aesthetic standards. In life, I often observe that he often has no confidence in the process of communicating with strangers. From language expression to body movements, he is full of disharmony, and his eyes are too distracted to look directly at each other. As Adler, a famous Austrian psychologist, said, "Since childhood, people have to attach themselves to their parents and the world around them because of incompetence, incompetence and ignorance, which will produce a certain sense of inferiority." This is also the deep reason behind my friend's series of such behavior characteristics. When talking with strangers who meet for the first time, he often worries too much about his mistakes, which makes him feel inferior. Sam Gosling, an American observer, called this method from observing the whole to delving into the details, to extrapolate, and finally put the inference into real life to verify it as "Belgian method". Mastering this method will greatly enhance our ability of observation and analysis.

? In the second avatar, we see the color tone completely opposite to that of the first avatar. What catches our eye is an avatar full of childlike cartoon style, which is very rich in color and projects the inner world of the avatar user full of color sense. The biggest difference from the first portrait is that this portrait lacks a lot of complicated and depressed emotions, but it is easy to give us a feeling that "this person is simple-minded." Yes, the user of this avatar is my college classmate, a big boy, with a fat figure and an awkward attitude. He is in his mid-twenties and belongs to that kind of loyal but stupid guy. As mentioned above, people who like comic style avatars are often a group of teenagers with low psychological age, ideals and imagination. Therefore, users of such avatars often need a relatively mature woman to give them motherly care in their love relationship; In work and life, they often lack the self-discipline ability to think independently like children, and their cognition of the real world is as simple and childlike as cartoons.

The user of the third avatar is a woman. Judging from the two cats in the avatar, it is not difficult to judge that it belongs to the cute pet type in the avatar classification. As mentioned earlier, people who use this avatar are more common among women. These people tend to be gentle and kind, but they may be afraid of real interpersonal relationships and the dark side of human nature. They express their weakness through the headshots of cute pets, and express their desire to be loved and cared for by all kinds of cute pets. In this portrait, we can see two cats, one is black and the other is white. We can infer from this that the girl who uses this avatar should project herself into this white cat, expressing her hope to have the characteristics of a cat-cold, rational, enjoying loneliness, eager to find the same kind in reality, snuggling and warming each other. From this, we can probably understand that although users of virtual characters have experienced too much love in real life, they still long for love. Although these people are scarred inside and crying for help, they still pretend to be strong and insist on showing a sense of loneliness. If it happens that male readers are pursuing such girls, you should understand that for such girls, deep affection is not as good as long-term companionship.

Through these three cases, you will also find that the visual information in the WeChat world really gives us a lot of information that can tap the inner world of the characters, and I hope everyone can get inspiration from it. When observing and analyzing along this line of thought, we should be good at finding the key details in the image. When you feel that a certain detail may be overlooked by users, it is where you need to pay special attention.