ISFJ and made a career actually work?

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I found out recently I have an ISFJ MBTI (Myers Brigg's type indicator) personality type. It's been really helpful, I would say as important as knowing about Aspergers in the first place. If anyone is interested in the MBTI test you can find it here:

MBTI Test

Did you come out as ISFJ and if so have you been able to get a career working and if so what do you do? I've had so many problems, including psychosomatic illness which I found out is a symptom of this type. I also am ultra sensitive to people and what they say secretly for example.

I'm not sure if I'm ISFJ or ISTJ from that, since neither F or T fits completely. Anyway, I'm self-employed as a Flash developer. I mostly sub-contract with companies on projects where there is a person who is the project manager and all I have to worry about is my particular role. And I work from home.

The thing with the MBTI types is that none of them really suits me that well...Well, there was a point in my life when INTP fit me to a tee but I've changed a lot since then. For the worse.
I pretty much always score as INTP on the tests (I think I'm closer INFP, though), but in this one I was conflicted with Sensing vs iNtuition...I really could've gone with either.
+ I'm ALWAYS conflicted with Feeling vs Thinking. I make decisions mostly based on irrational fears (which I hate), which would make me a Feeling type, but I'm not an empathetic people-person, at all. And I'm quite amoral, to top that. And on Thinking, well, I regularly observe that the way I act makes no sense...and I hate it.
Introverted I know I am for sure, no doubt - and Perceiving too, as I'm lazy as hell and I'm pretty much always putting off doing something boring.
That's if you look at it on a shallow level, at least.
If you go deeper it's about the cognitive functions Ne (extraverted intuition), Ni (introverted intuition), Fi (introverted feeling), etc and their order of preference and s**t.
There was an interesting test for those functions, but it didn't seem to work anymore...gives a "Not Found" error when I submit...Well, in case it works for others - http://www.cognitiveprocesses.com/asses ... ginal.html
A shame. But I remember scoring high on Fi, semi-high on Ni, Ne & Ti, average on Si and Te and extremely low on Fe and Se. The test suggested me to be INFP.
And ugh, I got bored of typing this right now so I cba to go on defining the functions. Perhaps later.

I am an ENFP but unfortunately I have only been able to find the very work an ENFP should not be doing, or so the MBTI books say. I think I need to go back to university or something or I may end up a secretary for the rest of my life.

No other ISFJs?

*raises hand*

I am.

I've a difficult time career-wise. If you'd like to talk about it more, you could PM me. I'd be glad to talk to you about it.

As for psychosomatic illnesses, I don't really think that applies to me. I do have multiple auto-immune conditions that effect my daily life, but I don't think they count

INTJ but also don't fit the mold- see my other post about the problem with these tests-
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt160174.html