The Myers Briggs Type Indicator

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I am an ISTJ. What Myers Brigg Type are the rest of you?

INFP. Do you think the type you got represents you?

The ISTJ type does make me sound like some form of uptight government bureaucrat.

ENFP barely. Also I and J. Rarely S and never T.

I've not really read up on the other types. I remember thinking mine sounded a bit like a hippie (although I have no problem with this )

I think the last time I checked was INFP, I think known as "the Mediator", but I might try again after a few changes I think that I had. And this time I got INFJ, "The Advocate".

I think changes I had in recent years was to be more decisive when I need to make a decision, and focus on problems I become aware of rather than humouring things I know are bad. But chances are I am close between the two.

I find this interesting- I wonder whether people being affected by situations and changes that are made (e.g. having to be more decisive) changes them forever, if when those situations are over they 'revert' back to the original one, or if we're all actually a few 'types', and different situations bring some out more than others.

I thought all aspies were INTP

I am mistaken

Yep...you are.

Aspies come in all shapes and sizes.

I would like to "reap a whirlwind." That would be cool!

I gather that the stereotype was INTJ/P and a whole lot of feeling and extroverted folks were missed. I first considered ASD for my daughter (who fits the INTJ/P stereotype) and then realized when I looked at ASD Women descriptions that I fit it just as much (ENFP).

A mother made a post recently about her two ASD daughters. The introverted one was "obviously" ASD, but folks didn't realize the extroverted one (like me will go up and hug strangers) is also.

As an INTP I don't believe in the Meyrs Briggs system because it turns each of the four indicators into a false dichotamy . Remember that we live on the bell curve so for each of these indicators the majority of people would live somewhere in the middle.

INTJ.

INTJ here.

Some people say that Myers-Briggs is a wonderful tool, and other people say it's a farce, akin to astrology, where the language is so vague that people read what they like into it.

I think the truth lies somewhere between those views.

On one hand, any time you try to segment populations into categories, there will either be a lot of ambiguity in those categories or a lot of people will fall outside those categories. This implies that to be useful, the categorization is necessarily vague. The question is whether it is too vague, and whether the ambiguity compromises its utility.

Myers-Briggs has been useful to me as a shorthand for self-description. When someone tells me they are INFP (or whatever) it tells me a little about them, or at least how they see themselves. It tells me some of the things we might have in common (or not), like when someone says they are "southern" or "a gamer". These labels are incomplete, but it's by piecing all the bits of information together that a complete picture emerges.

That being said, some people seem to fit their type indicator better than others, so it's best taken with a grain of salt.