'Hello all, I'm a senior in college and working on my senior research project that focuses on personality assessment. My research is structured around a survey that includes both the MBTI and the...|||Geometry was always my preference as well...my friends nevere seemed to understand how I could like it more at all. :mellow:|||Totally understandable, Sela. Good luck with all those classes! Mine started today too. So far I've had Introductory Biblical Hebrew, History & Systems of Psychology, and Studies in Pauline...|||I'm going to have to go with J as my favorite. It's certainly the most obvious of my personality. A lot of my friends who try to type me before I tell them I'm an ISTJ may say something like ESTJ,...|||Every day I become more and more aware that introverts need extroverts, but extroverts need introverts just as much. For example, tonight was the first bit of my university's Welcome Week with the...|||Oh man, I take heat for this all the time. When I ask someone to pass me my purse in the car or something they always act like I've asked them to pick up a ton of bricks. To fit everything I need...|||Username: The firedancer is a symbol for Dave Matthews Band and of course 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. :wink:  Avatar: I'd always related to Hermione and then I saw this...|||Story of my life. :frustrating:|||Same goes for me, I have a really strange memory for small things like that and I use it as a study aid too. For example, I will try to connect things I hear in lecture or read about on my own to...|||I have a friend who I believe is also an ISTJ, or at least IXTJ, and he is exactly like this. He pinches pennies like crazy until he's set his mind on something he really wants. However, he doesn't...|||That's me 100%. That sense of delayed gratification that drives me to be proactive. Since last minute problems and changes are not something I want to have sneak up on me I get as much as I can done...|||I was thinking of that very movie when I posted! That as the Fox and the Hound...they killed me as a kid and still do, every time.:sad:|||Sela, I'm really sorry to hear about your cat. We all have our own way of dealing with grief, and I hope you'll find what works best for you. I really like your paw print idea...hang in there.   ...|||I probably overanalyze to a degree if I'm trying to read any type of reaction like this from someone I'm just getting to know. I notice this in hindsight, it's not usually a fully conscious act. For...|||Couldn't have said it better myself. There's a major differece in a guy being a complete sucker over a girl and being a gentleman that she'll actually respect. Maybe some girls take advantage of guys...|||Like others have mentioned make some good female friends, no expectations at first necessarily, even if you're hopeful with someone, and then go from there. Be confident but not cocky (not generally...|||ISTJ/Type 1 Comparison   It was almost scary how much I fit in both parts. As far as the differences listed go I can see bits of myself in both, it just depends on the day and the situation really....|||1w2 as well. There was a link to a comparison of type 1s and ISTJs on one of the threads here once, I'll try and repost it here later, when I'm on my computer, and not my phone...:cool: It was really...|||I would only feel comfortable doing something like that if it was the first feel weeks of summer break or something like that, but then it would be expected. I try to take an evening for recharging...|||1.) I would say an ISTJ becomes unhealthy they allow the things we're prone to hold them back in life or hurt others. Some of these things would be like being so afraid to show any emotion that you...|||There does seem to be some correlation, yes, most of my friends who have a lot of OCD traits are at least XSTJs...and many of them left-handed...hmm...but that's beside the point. :wink:  Of the...|||I was first chair clarinet in middle school, and would surely be useless now, but loved it while I played. I didn't play in high school because of the ridiculous requirements from marching band that...|||If it's something very specific that I know wasn't my fault then I deal with it accordingly. However, with anything that deals with emotions, relationships, etc. then I usually overanalyze and worry...|||Wow, that is me...completely. Just too add a little (though you pretty much took the words out of my mouth), others truly wanting to spend time with me is when I really feel loved and I think this...|||Mhmm...I guess since we're not ACTUALLY robots we have to rebel against that mindset somehow. ;)|||I've always felt most comfortable with academics. I may not be the one speaking up in a group of people I'm unfamiliar with but I have no trouble talking in class. Once when my friend was trying to...|||I get like this if I am already on edge about something that took place. Until I feel I have enough evidence that nothing is wrong I can be pretty on edge. For example, if someone I'm close to is...|||Agreed. True intelligence requires incorporating theory AND fact to grasp knowledge in deeper ways.|||I played D&D for the first time at my university this past year and absolutely loved it. I was the newcomer among several veterans and it seemed like they enjoyed teaching me as much as I liked...|||Bleh...sorry, double posted, and probably overlooking a delete option completely. =|||Caius did a really good job explaining the basic levels I seem to have as well. In high school I had most of my classes with the same people and knew all of them very well but would hardly have...|||First, thanks for the positive feedback! To answer your question about daydreaming and imagination I have always found it easy to use these things as well as logic (as a more definitive...|||I can have periods of time like this when chaos seems to take over my life. I do pretty well dealing with things up until a certain point and then it's like I hit a wall. I see this issue in terms of...|||One of my ISTJ friends is a newsaholic, and my ESTJ father is. However, I personally don't keep up with it as much. I'm not uninterested in it, but I usually end up focusing on other things. I like...|||I'm left-handed and an S, without a doubt. I assume this was taken because of handedness and the prominent hemisphere being used typically being opposites (left-handed people typically being...|||I am pretty anti-conflict. I hate arguing and try to avoid it. However, when someone I know very well is acting out of character in a negative way or won't let an issue drop I speak up and can be...|||I see the points you're making, and I would come closer to agreeing about Penny than about Sheldon. I see his arrogance as immaturity and simply feeling like he has gathered enough evidence (S) to...|||Hmm...why type Sheldon as a P and Penny first as a J? They seem to me to be textbook examples of the opposite.|||When you move into a new apartment and reorganize everything 314159 times with your ISXJ roommate...until it's perfect down to the last junk drawer. :wink:|||I've always been pretty good with math and things but I care too little about money to enjoy accounting and am usually pretty bored with it in general. Surprisingly, I've always enjoyed studying more...|||Every story I read, heard, or watched usually became my favorite for a while, haha. I really like Nancy Drew books, Dr. Seuss, Great illustrated Classics of all kinds, and just whatever else I could...|||I was certainly born into the Nickelodeon generation...but when it was younger and at its best. ;) Rugrats was a must watch, but I was certainly a Power Rangers girl, too. Most of the shows that came...|||Hmm, off the top of my head:  Beauty and the Beast (Belle was the smart book-lover, hehe) The Lion King Mulan Aladdin  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder rendition) My Girl...|||Hahah, I'm loving it too. Definitely a dog person myself but this picture is the story of my life! In fact, my sister found this picture the other day and goes this is you!! :crazy:|||I think this is the key point here. While a relationship can seem logical on some levels we can never nail down all of the components involved in loving another person. It can be frustrating and even...|||We're all irrational at times...and yeah, as a woman I have no trouble saying that a lot of the time our moments of it are more obvious. It's just the frequency of these events that seems to be the...|||That's definitely an important point to note...when those feelings are negative things can get very intense. I certainly have issues with anger and resentment but I never feel comfortable expressing...|||Yeah, it may be a coincidence, but that's pretty cool. It's crazy how different planners can be, making people with a different style hard for other strong J types to make plans with. I can see why...|||Haha, I do this as well. During a semester at school I always stay ahead, but let's say two weeks before something is due I will try to plan out when to work on it. However, I may set out a few hours...|||You've got some really good points there. I tend to test fairly closely between T and F, whereas I alwaysss test hardcore J over P. I don't think I come off as cold towards many, because, as you...'