Why Are INTJs Sometimes Confused As Extraverts?

[Recluse]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

JivinJeff suggests that one's type around the ages of 10-15 probably is most indicative, before one develops the typical social guises. I was INTP in my approach to life; but I was very very isolated and lonely, and this came out both in writing and in music where I was seeking for those "intimate" feelings and looking for some sort of emotional connection.

Well, that would put me squarely in the INTP camp, then.

Which I think is why I developed this very introspective "Jane Eyre" or autobiographical/personal writing/artistic style, but it is all processed through a T filter. I learned to socialize through my writing.

I like the writing style of many INFPs precisely because of that sort of expressiveness.

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by Recluse

I like the writing style of many INFPs precisely because of that sort of expressiveness.

Uh huh.

I do my best to write and create like an F... and to many people, it looks good... but then when I sit down and read something by an actual F, I feel like a sham. i just got done reading "Lucky" by Alice Sebold; I think she's an INFJ; and I don't know if I could ever equal her skills, I'm still coming from the "outside in" with that sort of approach, where she actually seems to "think in that style" from the start.

Then again, writing is judged on its own standards, isn't it?

[htb]

That MMDI succeeds where many MBTI-based tests fail insofar as it draws results from literal, behavioral translations of Jungian gobbledygook.

As if I were to sign off because I NEED TO RELEASE EMOTIONS AND ACHIEVE A METAMORPHOSIS WHILE PULLING OFF RESULTS MERELY WITH MY FELT PRESENCE, as per the Cognitive Processes test.

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by htb

That MMDI succeeds where many MBTI-based tests fail insofar as it draws results from literal, behavioral translations of Jungian gobbledygook.

I found it an interesting test. I'm just unsure as to exactly what it's evaluating, as it's comparing unlike things most of the time... and often they were things that I really felt I couldn't choose between -- like comparing apples and oranges.

It's like asking someone whether they like ice cream or reading -- and my answer would be "Yes." How could I possibly decide which one I liked "more"?

[Natrushka]

Originally Posted by Wolf

It depends on the subject matter.

Find something we're interested in and it can be hard to get us to shut up.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by Natrushka

Find something we're interested in and it can be hard to get us to shut up.

It was an INTJ asking, I answered. I knew she (and any INTJ, like you) would understand.

[Natrushka]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

I found it an interesting test. I'm just unsure as to exactly what it's evaluating, as it's comparing unlike things most of the time... and often they were things that I really felt I couldn't choose between -- like comparing apples and oranges.

It's like asking someone whether they like ice cream or reading -- and my answer would be "Yes." How could I possibly decide which one I liked "more"?

If it's any consolation, Jennifer, I came out as an ISTP / INTP.

First. Time. Ever.