MetallicMoon
Redshirt
1. Is there anything that may affect the way you answer the questions? For example, a stressful time, mental illness, medications, special life circumstances? Other useful information includes sex, age, and current state of mind.
I'm sick at the moment, so if I say anything dumb (which I most likely will) feel free to blame it on that (please do) I've also been in the house for 5 days straight with little human contact; yet I feel fine.
I'm a 15 year old girl.
2. What type(s) do you usually score as on tests?
On the official Myers-Briggs test I got INTP, but I don't think that's so. The questions were pretty simplistic in my opinion: nowhere near complex enough to actually assign a type to a person.
Other than that, the various tests I've gotten show: ENTP, ENFP, INFP. Hence my undying confusion :P
3. Click on this link: Flickr: Explore! Choose 2 photos and look at each for as long as you feel that you need. Copy and paste the photos here (or write the link like example: www[dot]flickr[dot]com/photos/jacoboson/8697480741/in/explore-2013-05-01), and write your impression of each of them.
Gold on the Ceiling | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Beautiful picture. I love the way how the orange and black is perfectly reflected by the water; it sort of makes me imagine two worlds separated by a layer, maybe in passing. It doesn't look like Earth, even though Earth is beautiful; it's also immensely calming. In fact, it's more calming than any picture of blue or green imagery - the orange is comforting, and it seems like a good place to go and let your mind decompress.
Paint Mines and Moon #2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Again, this could be anywhere. A far off land, but it seems like a place you would not visit with your physical body. I know that sounds pretentious, but for some reason I can imagine floating through the neutral yet utterly peaceful landscape, feeling serene. The moon would ease any ill thoughts.
4. You are on the clock to fix something, a friend of yours sits beside you and gives a lot of interesting ideas, none of them actually help or are related to your situation, but they are still something you find interesting. What is your reaction? What do you say? What do you do? What's your train of thought?
Well, since I'm usually late to everything, there is no real "on the clock" for me - I'm so unhurried to most things it's ridiculous. Hence, I'd probably sit and consider their ideas. I imagine I'd have to add my own thoughts; if someone presents me with interesting ideas, I have to listen and participate - it's more important for me than doing what is needed in that exact moment. That particular friend may not come out with ideas such as these again - I know, sometimes, I spill out loads of stuff from my mind and I want feedback. So I imagine I'd ignore the task and delve into a conversation with them.
5a. What are some of your most important values?
I would say be open minded at all times. Be analytical always; never accept anything on the basis of authority or general consensus unless you can yourself see. Treat people as individuals with individual needs.
5b. Can they change? What would be the reason if they changed?
I can't see any circumstance under which they would, unless I were to have a complete change in personality. I think I'm idealistic at the minute - whether it's my youth or just my general personality - however I can see that I may become cynical and misanthropic. I will try my hardest for this not to happen!
6. You are in a car with some other people, the people in the car are talking. Someone makes a claim that you see as immoral/rude/cruel. What is your inward reaction? What do you think? What do you say?
Depends on the context. If the person was joking, and the joke was in bad taste, I may make a comment on the joke itself to show why it was kinda a shitty thing to say. Or just sass them, or be sarcastic.
If they were being serious, however, and genuinely thought that way, I'd have to have a little verbal match with them. In the case of a serious issue, I remain emotionally neutral and argue with logic.
However, if the person was my friend, afterwards I may feel bad, even though I have no reason to. I'd forget the argument and move on, but if they were clearly sulking l I'd ignore them even further - as I see it to be their problem - but if they're genuinely sorry for what they said I'd feel bad and start to apologise. I wouldn't go all out "I'm so sorry, you were right" I'd be sort of "sorry I may have came across as rude, I just wanted you to know why what you said about (insert x here) was wrong"
7. a) What activities energizes you the most? Why?
Some nights, after school, when I've been alone in my bedroom for a while (no, I am not going to make a masturbation reference) I read, and my mind just goes electric. Thoughts whizz around in my brain; they collide, break down, regenerate into something new. My brain often moves too fast for my fingers to write it down or type. Late at night I get brilliant thoughts on how to word specific things - like at the minute, i want to write a review on Revolutionary Road, but there are so many ways of phrasing what I want to phrase and I can't settle on a good one; nor can I include all of my points without making it a disjointed mess. However, last night at like 12, I thought of an excellent way to word it...it made me happy, and vaulted more ideas off the floor of my brain into my head...then I feel asleep. :P
I enjoy analysing and contemplating over many forms of art, really. A particularly good movie, a good book, a video game...when I was figuring Frank out in RR, I gained tonnes of energy by absorbing the beautiful, rich prose of Richard Yates. It would be amazing to have that level of writing skill: he explains it so you feel like you are at once in 1950's Suburbia yet feeling like you are watching in from the outside. Some of the insights he had into the human psyche really resonated with me - it felt like he put into the English Language what I've been thinking over the past few years (yet maybe never cared to put it into words?)
I enjoy thinking about social issues, too, and about rules. How things have changed over time, and how people' attitudes are influenced. When people say stuff I often wonder what basis they have for that opinion.
I also enjoy being with my friends (obviously) talking about anything; however, when I want to debate they get annoyed and don't comply. Or it ends with people being upset. So I often just enjoy their company a lot, and we talk about anything and everything but "triggering" subjects.
7. b) What activities drains you the most? Why?
Monotonous boring tasks I guess. Dreary routine. Where you can't find anything interesting to do so you escape to your head, only to find that the task at hand requires full concentration.
8. Do you believe you are introverted or extraverted? Why do you believe that? (Please be as detailed as possible)
I honestly have no idea. Because like I said, I like spending time with my friends: however, sometimes I want to keep going, and sometimes I want to go off by myself.
If we're out shopping or whatever, I often find a chance to get off by myself anyway - I go and buy coffee, or tell them i'll meet them somewhere :P sometimes when I'm looking around I don't want to feel like i'm trailing them around, and sometimes I don't want to be interrupted.
But that's the thing - sometimes.
In general life, I have the perfect balance: I'm an only child who sits alone in her room at night, but goes out through the day. 7 hours of school, 7 hours (mostly) uninterrupted. At the weekend, it changes: either I'm alone way more or with people way more. I can't say which drains me more: I'm so unsure at this stage.
9. Please describe yourself, what do you see as your greatest strengths and what do you see as your greatest weaknesses?
I'm so bad at this.
What I can say as my weakness: despite everything, I can sometimes be quite self-deprecating; having no logical reason to do so, I often tell myself I'm unintelligent and bad at maths (how can I be expected to improve if I hold this view? I am actually quite good at maths, i'm just insecure with it because I make a lot of dumb mistakes because I rush my work. I may be unintelligent, but eh)
If I think about a topic too much, I feel like I need to escape my own head: some things that I think through and it just drives me insane. Like how I'll never know how another person thinks or feels; I'll never know what it feels like to be intelligent, or unaware. Other topics as well. Usually, by this point, I start to focus on other things and my brain loops and loops and it's like a child's scribble of thoughts. This annoys me, because I feel too scatterbrained.
Also, despite how hard I try, I am late. To everything. I'd be late to my own funeral and if I were pregnant I'd probably miss my own labour.
I also procrastinate a ridiculous amount, and my motivation is fleeting. I'm jack of (most) trades, master of none. I don't feel like I could commit myself to many things.
My strengths...I had to ask a friend: apparently I'm intelligent, quite stubborn if I'm sure of myself (lol) yet still willing to listen, witty, and caring despite being awkward in my execution.
Another friend says I'm there for a laugh but I'm also willing to help.
10. Please describe yourself when you are feeling stressed. How do you act and why? Real life experiences are welcome.
I act totally unlike myself. I either retreat completely into my shell and numb myself to the world around me, or I externally explode, until I calm down and proceed to be embarrassed for the rest of the year.
I generally don't like to get angry at people, and I don't like my emotions to get the better with me in most situations (apparently in certain situations I am"the voice of reason" according to my IxFJ friend - in those triggering topics that sets everyone on edge) but when I'm stressed I just feel internal flares and panic.
11. What is your "soft spot" (the area that makes you upset if people mess with)?
Well, I hate it when people comment on my eating. Even if I know they're wrong about it, I still get pretty upset if they're persistent. I go through the logic over and over again, but the feeling wins primarily; it hurts to think that they think that way.
I can be kind to myself and I can be horrible to myself; but somehow I always snap myself out of it. It may take a while, despite having no reason to do so, and I hate it.
12. What are most of the ideas/thoughts you get generally centered around (try to expand your answers as much as possible)?
Basically, what energises me.
Analysing things; thinking of different ways to do something; imaging potential, or even unrealistic experiences; about how people act and why they do; things that invoke strong feelings in me.
I also have a multitude of my own worlds, which I often visit. Many stories, many characters, many landscapes. Rarely write them down; it wouldn't be the same. I'm not adept enough at communicating to express internal thoughts. (Don't mean to sound pretentious :/)
This doesn't mean to say I'm bored with reality. I consider reality a lot, and am generally happy with it. I just always have a place in my mind, that feels amazing when I visit it.
13. What's your opinion of getting frequent feedback on what you do? (Someone pointing out what is good, what is bad, what and how to improve) Is there a limit to how often you want feedback? If so, what is the limit?
I welcome it, if anything! There is no limit, if someone is being genuine and wants to help. If they're being obnoxious and just pointing out flaws for the sake of it, then it just irritates me and makes me more likely to fail.
But if they've really watched me do the thing, their feedback is welcome. I usually feel grateful, because it means that they've actually considered my work on the task, and want me to succeed with their constructive criticism.
14. Anything beyond what has been discussed that you would like to add?
I didn't answer these questions in order.
I also feel like i've answered them wrong, like I've not been true to myself lol. I'm often hypocritical when it comes to my thoughts.
I'm sick at the moment, so if I say anything dumb (which I most likely will) feel free to blame it on that (please do) I've also been in the house for 5 days straight with little human contact; yet I feel fine.
I'm a 15 year old girl.
2. What type(s) do you usually score as on tests?
On the official Myers-Briggs test I got INTP, but I don't think that's so. The questions were pretty simplistic in my opinion: nowhere near complex enough to actually assign a type to a person.
Other than that, the various tests I've gotten show: ENTP, ENFP, INFP. Hence my undying confusion :P
3. Click on this link: Flickr: Explore! Choose 2 photos and look at each for as long as you feel that you need. Copy and paste the photos here (or write the link like example: www[dot]flickr[dot]com/photos/jacoboson/8697480741/in/explore-2013-05-01), and write your impression of each of them.
Gold on the Ceiling | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Beautiful picture. I love the way how the orange and black is perfectly reflected by the water; it sort of makes me imagine two worlds separated by a layer, maybe in passing. It doesn't look like Earth, even though Earth is beautiful; it's also immensely calming. In fact, it's more calming than any picture of blue or green imagery - the orange is comforting, and it seems like a good place to go and let your mind decompress.
Paint Mines and Moon #2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Again, this could be anywhere. A far off land, but it seems like a place you would not visit with your physical body. I know that sounds pretentious, but for some reason I can imagine floating through the neutral yet utterly peaceful landscape, feeling serene. The moon would ease any ill thoughts.
4. You are on the clock to fix something, a friend of yours sits beside you and gives a lot of interesting ideas, none of them actually help or are related to your situation, but they are still something you find interesting. What is your reaction? What do you say? What do you do? What's your train of thought?
Well, since I'm usually late to everything, there is no real "on the clock" for me - I'm so unhurried to most things it's ridiculous. Hence, I'd probably sit and consider their ideas. I imagine I'd have to add my own thoughts; if someone presents me with interesting ideas, I have to listen and participate - it's more important for me than doing what is needed in that exact moment. That particular friend may not come out with ideas such as these again - I know, sometimes, I spill out loads of stuff from my mind and I want feedback. So I imagine I'd ignore the task and delve into a conversation with them.
5a. What are some of your most important values?
I would say be open minded at all times. Be analytical always; never accept anything on the basis of authority or general consensus unless you can yourself see. Treat people as individuals with individual needs.
5b. Can they change? What would be the reason if they changed?
I can't see any circumstance under which they would, unless I were to have a complete change in personality. I think I'm idealistic at the minute - whether it's my youth or just my general personality - however I can see that I may become cynical and misanthropic. I will try my hardest for this not to happen!
6. You are in a car with some other people, the people in the car are talking. Someone makes a claim that you see as immoral/rude/cruel. What is your inward reaction? What do you think? What do you say?
Depends on the context. If the person was joking, and the joke was in bad taste, I may make a comment on the joke itself to show why it was kinda a shitty thing to say. Or just sass them, or be sarcastic.
If they were being serious, however, and genuinely thought that way, I'd have to have a little verbal match with them. In the case of a serious issue, I remain emotionally neutral and argue with logic.
However, if the person was my friend, afterwards I may feel bad, even though I have no reason to. I'd forget the argument and move on, but if they were clearly sulking l I'd ignore them even further - as I see it to be their problem - but if they're genuinely sorry for what they said I'd feel bad and start to apologise. I wouldn't go all out "I'm so sorry, you were right" I'd be sort of "sorry I may have came across as rude, I just wanted you to know why what you said about (insert x here) was wrong"
7. a) What activities energizes you the most? Why?
Some nights, after school, when I've been alone in my bedroom for a while (no, I am not going to make a masturbation reference) I read, and my mind just goes electric. Thoughts whizz around in my brain; they collide, break down, regenerate into something new. My brain often moves too fast for my fingers to write it down or type. Late at night I get brilliant thoughts on how to word specific things - like at the minute, i want to write a review on Revolutionary Road, but there are so many ways of phrasing what I want to phrase and I can't settle on a good one; nor can I include all of my points without making it a disjointed mess. However, last night at like 12, I thought of an excellent way to word it...it made me happy, and vaulted more ideas off the floor of my brain into my head...then I feel asleep. :P
I enjoy analysing and contemplating over many forms of art, really. A particularly good movie, a good book, a video game...when I was figuring Frank out in RR, I gained tonnes of energy by absorbing the beautiful, rich prose of Richard Yates. It would be amazing to have that level of writing skill: he explains it so you feel like you are at once in 1950's Suburbia yet feeling like you are watching in from the outside. Some of the insights he had into the human psyche really resonated with me - it felt like he put into the English Language what I've been thinking over the past few years (yet maybe never cared to put it into words?)
I enjoy thinking about social issues, too, and about rules. How things have changed over time, and how people' attitudes are influenced. When people say stuff I often wonder what basis they have for that opinion.
I also enjoy being with my friends (obviously) talking about anything; however, when I want to debate they get annoyed and don't comply. Or it ends with people being upset. So I often just enjoy their company a lot, and we talk about anything and everything but "triggering" subjects.
7. b) What activities drains you the most? Why?
Monotonous boring tasks I guess. Dreary routine. Where you can't find anything interesting to do so you escape to your head, only to find that the task at hand requires full concentration.
8. Do you believe you are introverted or extraverted? Why do you believe that? (Please be as detailed as possible)
I honestly have no idea. Because like I said, I like spending time with my friends: however, sometimes I want to keep going, and sometimes I want to go off by myself.
If we're out shopping or whatever, I often find a chance to get off by myself anyway - I go and buy coffee, or tell them i'll meet them somewhere :P sometimes when I'm looking around I don't want to feel like i'm trailing them around, and sometimes I don't want to be interrupted.
But that's the thing - sometimes.
In general life, I have the perfect balance: I'm an only child who sits alone in her room at night, but goes out through the day. 7 hours of school, 7 hours (mostly) uninterrupted. At the weekend, it changes: either I'm alone way more or with people way more. I can't say which drains me more: I'm so unsure at this stage.
9. Please describe yourself, what do you see as your greatest strengths and what do you see as your greatest weaknesses?
I'm so bad at this.
What I can say as my weakness: despite everything, I can sometimes be quite self-deprecating; having no logical reason to do so, I often tell myself I'm unintelligent and bad at maths (how can I be expected to improve if I hold this view? I am actually quite good at maths, i'm just insecure with it because I make a lot of dumb mistakes because I rush my work. I may be unintelligent, but eh)
If I think about a topic too much, I feel like I need to escape my own head: some things that I think through and it just drives me insane. Like how I'll never know how another person thinks or feels; I'll never know what it feels like to be intelligent, or unaware. Other topics as well. Usually, by this point, I start to focus on other things and my brain loops and loops and it's like a child's scribble of thoughts. This annoys me, because I feel too scatterbrained.
Also, despite how hard I try, I am late. To everything. I'd be late to my own funeral and if I were pregnant I'd probably miss my own labour.
I also procrastinate a ridiculous amount, and my motivation is fleeting. I'm jack of (most) trades, master of none. I don't feel like I could commit myself to many things.
My strengths...I had to ask a friend: apparently I'm intelligent, quite stubborn if I'm sure of myself (lol) yet still willing to listen, witty, and caring despite being awkward in my execution.
Another friend says I'm there for a laugh but I'm also willing to help.
10. Please describe yourself when you are feeling stressed. How do you act and why? Real life experiences are welcome.
I act totally unlike myself. I either retreat completely into my shell and numb myself to the world around me, or I externally explode, until I calm down and proceed to be embarrassed for the rest of the year.
I generally don't like to get angry at people, and I don't like my emotions to get the better with me in most situations (apparently in certain situations I am"the voice of reason" according to my IxFJ friend - in those triggering topics that sets everyone on edge) but when I'm stressed I just feel internal flares and panic.
11. What is your "soft spot" (the area that makes you upset if people mess with)?
Well, I hate it when people comment on my eating. Even if I know they're wrong about it, I still get pretty upset if they're persistent. I go through the logic over and over again, but the feeling wins primarily; it hurts to think that they think that way.
I can be kind to myself and I can be horrible to myself; but somehow I always snap myself out of it. It may take a while, despite having no reason to do so, and I hate it.
12. What are most of the ideas/thoughts you get generally centered around (try to expand your answers as much as possible)?
Basically, what energises me.
Analysing things; thinking of different ways to do something; imaging potential, or even unrealistic experiences; about how people act and why they do; things that invoke strong feelings in me.
I also have a multitude of my own worlds, which I often visit. Many stories, many characters, many landscapes. Rarely write them down; it wouldn't be the same. I'm not adept enough at communicating to express internal thoughts. (Don't mean to sound pretentious :/)
This doesn't mean to say I'm bored with reality. I consider reality a lot, and am generally happy with it. I just always have a place in my mind, that feels amazing when I visit it.
13. What's your opinion of getting frequent feedback on what you do? (Someone pointing out what is good, what is bad, what and how to improve) Is there a limit to how often you want feedback? If so, what is the limit?
I welcome it, if anything! There is no limit, if someone is being genuine and wants to help. If they're being obnoxious and just pointing out flaws for the sake of it, then it just irritates me and makes me more likely to fail.
But if they've really watched me do the thing, their feedback is welcome. I usually feel grateful, because it means that they've actually considered my work on the task, and want me to succeed with their constructive criticism.
14. Anything beyond what has been discussed that you would like to add?
I didn't answer these questions in order.
I also feel like i've answered them wrong, like I've not been true to myself lol. I'm often hypocritical when it comes to my thoughts.
(Ideally in public so I can pick that apart too. 
