'I answered D. You can thank my FNJ ness for that.|||Ah, ok, I kind of see what you're saying. I think we can break this down into parts.  First, we should be clear that the correlation on the MBTI of N with P and S with J indicates a tendency, not a...|||Hmm... Ok, so I'm going to ramble a bit, and take this in a personal direction, before bringing it back to a more impersonal level with regard to personality disorders.  I used to think that my N...|||When I was younger and lived in a place where it was more dangerous to be out, Pride fest/parade had a certain unity and fight to them, a bit of a nervous, defiant, celebratory energy. Nowadays,...|||Wow! This has been a very stimulating thread for me. Thanks everyone! Massive post coming up. You've been warned!    I completely agree!  ----    Sedem|||Fucking fill me in, ok?|||I have no idea why you said that in response to my post. Would you care to clarify?|||When I think of bullying, I think of my experiences in high school and middle school, which were a) relational (in that my [future ESTP best] friend turned our entire shared friend group against me...|||So here's something I've observed in myself and in other people who are INFJ, which includes multiple people in my own life and in several people online who identify as INFJ. What I've observed is...|||The tendency to feel negative emotions (or to have a broader range of emotions) is categorized under the neuroticism (or Emotional Lability vs. Stability, or sometimes called Limbic/Calm) dimension,...|||Seems pretty clearly NF, probably INFP, although I wouldn't be surprised by INFJ or ENFP. ENFJ would be a hard sell for me.|||It's always nice to have another ENFP on PerC. Welcome!|||Thanks everyone! Shucks. :blushed:  Ellis Bell , you are the biggest sweetheart, and by far my favorite forumite.|||Thanks for posting this.  Rarest: Female _NTJs Next rarest: male INFJ  (I)NJ's are humanity's four leaf clovers. Something I already knew from life experience. I would feel bad for the female...|||I really resonated with this thread.|||Yep, that's the one.|||Ellis Bell said something insightful about Fi and Nardi's test (in another thread):    It's certainly possible that you are INTP (and hey, INXP might also be a good label if you think it fits)....|||Assuming the percentages for the other dimensions were not similarly ambiguous, that would be consistent with an INTX type. The Step I results you posted likewise suggest that your P/J preference is...|||You're welcome. The reason you got two types is because your F/T preference came out exactly 50/50. So here's a great example of why thinking in black and white terms might not be helpful. So, while...|||Oh God. I'm going to need a lot of alcohol in my system before I can click through all of that.|||Cognitive function tests are a fucking mess. Even Dario Nardi, who claims that functions are a measurable thing in the brain, can't even design a test in which, for example, INTJs are more likely to...|||Actually, you might be interested to know that many of the test items for the P/J dimension are dirty (and they get what they deserve. Uh, ahem.) What I mean by that is that there is an influence...|||Oh no.  Am I about to be put on an ice floe?  IT'S PEOPLE! SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE OUT OF PEOPLE!|||O_o  Just type the at sign, followed by the username. PerC figures out the rest:   @Teybo  If you want to get complicated, there's a mention tag, but I've never used it, so I don't know how it...|||I still have AIDS, so you should get back to work.|||My cancer is gone! Wow!|||In my opinion, the poor quality of online tests themselves probably play a larger factor in so-called mistypes than self-bias, although some misunderstanding about one's own preferences does have a...|||Hahaha, well, yeah, I wasn't referring to letting MBTI decide dating or career choices, so much as referring to getting targeted advice about possible dating or career obstacles or refining your...|||Actually, research has shown that people who have more pronounced T preference than E preference tend to be forceful or dominant, while people whose E preference is stronger than their T preference...|||The idea that INFJs don't have a strong inner compass is a misconception stemming from nonsense people say about the cognitive functions. Additionally, the idea that INFJ should identify more with...|||Just to clarify, in case it's not clear, my posts in this thread are not a comment on whether I like or dislike SJ's, but an observation that there is stark contrast between how SJ's are talked about...|||I was mostly referring to the fact that modern life seems to be much more set-up for some types than other types. I think there is probably some personality privilege afforded to some types (akin...|||It sounds like you are searching between INFJ and INTJ. If you are interested, this thread contains many, many good discussions of INFJ, INTJ, and the influence of gender on F/T. This post by   ...|||With threads like these, you always need to add the distinction:  Internet overrated/underrated vs. Real Life overrated/underrated.  Trust me, ISTJ's are not underrated in Real Life.|||Lady Lullaby  Totally get what you mean about wanting to beam your insights into other people's heads!|||Visual typing is pretty much bullshit.|||I agree. P/J can be incredibly illuminating. It gets ragged on for some really undeserved reasons, mostly relating to people placing more emphasis on some nebulous meaning of function hierarchy...|||Could be INFJ, but could also be INFP, no?|||This is the key thing I was referring to when I spoke of the elegance of Myers's approach. Function-talk is hyper focused on nit-picking small differences between people who are largely similar, and...|||Ultimately, I think a large part of the chaos of function-talk has to do with people misunderstanding Jung's vision and Isabel Myers's vision that was inspired by Jung. There is so much function-talk...|||phoenixpinion  Since you've oscillated between a number of types over the last few weeks, perhaps you are the perfect candidate to answer your own question.|||liminalthought  Shh, don't tell anyone. Full text.  EDIT:  For what it's worth, the Spousal correlation on the N/S dimension is... just striking.|||reckful  Some days I go back and forth on my F/T preference, since there are some sub-traits on which I fall closer to T than F. I think it's strong evidence that I'm an F that I can't really...|||Yeah, I am not good at explaining what I mean. Maybe if I relate where this idea came from, it might help. My beloved INFP sister told me that she can usually see people's motivations within 5...|||I don't see what the point is of engaging Acerbusvenator if his single minded goal is to elevate himself above others. Why bother to correct his mistakes if he's only in it for his ego?|||♪ ♪ ♪ ~Love you~ ♪ ♪ ♪|||Acerbusvenator  You misstate my position and then belittle me (based on a conjecture that stands in contradiction to the overwhelming weight of hundreds of thousands of data points collected over...|||You didn't understand what I was saying, if that's what you think I said. I said it was likely that your preference on F/T was closer to the middle than either extreme end, which you confirmed.  I...|||I am wondering if it is a tendency for INFP's to have a clear vision of another person or a situation, and flow around it (or negotiate the space) rather than directly confront it (as in, vocalize...|||If you're insistent on only reading about cognitive functions, well, first I'd say that you're unnecessarily limiting yourself, and then I would suggest reading Lenore Thomson's Personality Type: An...'