What is My Type?

[serenesam]

I have taken various online test several times and am well aware of how inaccurate they may be but I have scored as an INTJ twice, INTP once, ESTJ once, ISTJ twice with ENTJ as my preferred type and attraction type once but the second time I had ESTJ as my preference type and ESFJ as my attraction type. The times I have scored as an INTJ was borderline between INTJ and INFJ. The funny thing is that people say my writings that all are over the internet (I like to copy and paste them in every forum I could find) reflect more of an INTP but that was more like several months or years ago. Recently, I have been told I am of an INFP and I think this resonates with me well as someone have said they pick up introverted feeling (Fi) as my dominant function. Could this be true? If I were to look at myself and be as honest and unbiased as I could possibly, I believe there can only be four types I could fall under which are INTJ, INFJ, INTP, and INFP. I know for sure I am not an extrovert and will never be one because as the number of people I interact increase, their presence starts jamming my frequencies and my intellectual capacity goes rock bottom. I also don't see myself as a sensor type because well ironically, I have a lot of family members that are sensor types and there is no way that is me.

 

[Goku]

you are an INCD (indigo child)

 

[Brontosaurie]

in my opinion, the only substantial things we have to go by are:

1. you're smart enough to realize that sensor means dumb and intuitive means smart, yet not smart enough to make us believe you're an N by means other than flat out asserting it. this indicates ISxx, if anything.

2. you haven't considered that framing an INxx self-typing as the most "honest and unbiased", without further support, is socially clumsy. this indicates IxTx, if anything.

3. you like to list a lot of facts. facts seemingly get you worked up. personal facts about your various MBTI results. Si-Fi?

i'd wager ISTJ.

 

[The Void]

We meet again. Excessive attachment to the impermanent imaginary sense of self motivates one for compulsive labeling for individualization from the all.
There is no need to do that.
Come to the Void.

 

[Goku]

incidentally, have you ruled out bipolar and/or something along the schizophrenia spectrum?

that is a possible explanation of the multiple accurate personality profiles

 

[Base groove]

Here is an idea

Read chapter X of types by Jung,

Return with your type.

Then you will have narrowed it down to 2

 

[serenesam]

you are an INCD (indigo child)

I have been told I am one of those Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) but I am not sure about being an "indigo."

incidentally, have you ruled out bipolar and/or something along the schizophrenia spectrum?

that is a possible explanation of the multiple accurate personality profiles

Yes, I was diagnosed with bipolar two disorder back in high school.

 

[Goku]

I have been told I am one of those Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) but I am not sure about being an "indigo."



Yes, I was diagnosed with bipolar two disorder back in high school.

are you familiar with Dabrowski and Positive Disintegration?

it is possible that while advancing through personality stages, that certain psychoses/neuroses (whatever) develop while you are "reintegrating."

Your flip between Extraverted/Introverted personality types seems much more a function of the bipolar though..

I still don't see many of these mental "diseases" as diseases... people are just wired differently. It is my opinion that society/environment should adjust to accommodate humans, and not the other way around.

Somewhere in history, it became the norm to FIX the human to fit the environment. That seems like some ass-backwards thinking to me.

My view is that humans are created with perfection, we have been given the tools to shape our environment. However, it seems an easier solution to pop pills and neutralize our minds to mush.

 

[Goku]

On another note, your REAL personality screams INTP.

1. if you are an avid internet forum goer, there's a really great chance you are introverted. Internet activity is largely an introverted one...

2. Also, it's likely that you are also INTUITIVE, xNxx, as internet forum activity also suggests this is your natural way of gathering information-- versus going out in the real world, talking to people, listening, gathering information through the senses.

thus far, just by assumptions, that you are here, and that you have been on other internet forums, we can assume with great probability that you are INxx

3. If I had to pick between T and F, I would have to bet on T for thinking. I don't see many "feeling" based words used to describe your inner world. In fact, the way you use logic to reason what type you are seems more like a "thinker" rather than a "feeler."

so if I can assume INTx so far, my only hard decision is really choosing P or J, making you INTP or INTJ... now in my limited experience, I'd have to say that your Original Post screams INTP, only because INTJs make decisions quick and stick with them;

It generally seems to be an INTP trait to question his own identity with such meticulousness. It is because INTPs strive for perfection. In this way, we often never accomplish anything, because everything is always imperfect. Novels never get finished, papers only get half-written, most brainstorms stay in the brain.

Thus, it is totally a natural trait of the INTP to continually question his own personality, because he needs to be SURE of it.

The INTJ on the other hand, would just say "aite I'm an INTJ now what?" and move on with it, never to question it again, unless there were some conclusive evidence to point him in the other direction.

Thus, I am comfortable with my armchair diagnosis of:

You are an INTP who displays bipolar symptoms.

 

[Goku]

actually there are some reasons I might lean towards INTJ-- it has to do with Extraverted Thinking, which is the 2nd preference of INTJs...

INTPs don't do the Extraverted Thinking...

I explain this kind of like-- bouncing your thoughts off someone else before you come to a conclusion. Maybe I have it wrong, but that's how I explained Te to mysef.

INTPs, on the other hand, come to their own inner conclusion before presenting it to the world.

 

[Base groove]

Both kinds of thinking arrive at conclusions in a similar fashion,
The extroverted attitude implies that the foundations for reason are objective

 

[serenesam]

Yes, I have told I have very high Te or Ti in various forums. I was an INTx for a long while in the past....but then it just seemed like it wasn't the case because as I was interacting with some people, I felt they were less "sensitive" to certain forum issues/topics that I felt I was able to point out but they couldn't and they were INTJs and INTPs....I was in special education (SED) but at the same time enrolled in a lot of advanced/honors courses too.

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

You don't seem to behave like N or P, in your posts you seem to judge and disregard other views. Why we would be able to select your type by looking at your past results? Maybe it could be helpful if you described one day of your life or some life-related situation.

I would opt for ISXJ in this case.

 

[Brontosaurie]

You don't seem to behave like N or P, in your posts you seem to judge and disregard other views. Why we would be able to select your type by looking at your past results? Maybe it could be helpful if you described one day of your life or some life-related situation.

I would opt for ISXJ in this case.

it is a delight to agree with you at long last, elusive Blarraun

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

it is a delight to agree with you at long last, elusive Blarraun

It may be dangerous to agree carelessly, but this scenario has little enough of data that this kind of swift judgement was possible. Would you be delighted finding a totally different opinion that is reasonable? I still haven't seen your response on the books/evil thread.

 

[Brontosaurie]

It may be dangerous to agree carelessly, but this scenario has little enough of data that this kind of swift judgement was possible. Would you be delighted finding a totally different opinion that is reasonable? I still haven't seen your response on the books/evil thread.

do you mean that people are too quick to confirm the IN hypothesis? that's entirely correct as far as i can tell.

yes i would.

no you haven't. it wouldn't contain much more than a proposal of agreement to disagree. our outlooks seem incompatible. you may take this as a surrender.

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

do you mean that people are too quick to confirm the IN hypothesis? that's entirely correct as far as i can tell.

yes i would.

no you haven't. it wouldn't contain much more than a proposal of agreement to disagree. our outlooks seem incompatible. you may take this as a surrender.

I find that people are, numerous times, too quick to confirm their hypothesis, if they have any hypothesis in the first place.

That is fine, I won't take it as a surrender, just your will to end things there. I asked about it because I was confused at some points made there, so I took it for disagreement, but it was rather unexplored argument between us.

 

[serenesam]

Interesting. Well I am glad and thank all of you for the feedback I have received. Looks like people still have difficulty typing me up as there just always seems to an "x" designation somewhere (here). Maybe next time, I should create a poll or something to get more clarity. It's also interesting in the feedback I am getting from other places too as they all differ radically which is ironic!

 

[Base groove]

Interesting. Well I am glad and thank all of you for the feedback I have received. Looks like people still have difficulty typing me up as there just always seems to an "x" designation somewhere (here). Maybe next time, I should create a poll or something to get more clarity. It's also interesting in the feedback I am getting from other places too as they all differ radically which is ironic!

Nobody will help you if you refuse to help yourself

One fool to another.

 

[Pikachu]

I'm pretty sure that you're not my type, serenesam!

 

[serenesam]

I'm pretty sure that you're not my type, serenesam!

Sure...it doesn't really matter to me...no different than the debate between IQ or EQ...or even wealth acquisition....