I voted, "INF_, I retreat cause I feel too much - late dxd" although I have not been formally diagnosed. I hope that is okay. I get INFP or INFJ on those tests but I think I am really INFP.
droppy wrote:
And anyway, I think the mbti is not valid for people with mental disorders. I'll explain with.
The mbti was ctreated to analyze the personality of people, but it inevitably also examines some of the brain functions. But the brain functions that were taken as models to make the test were those of NTs because they are the majority. These is no mbti test that takes as models the brain functions of people with mental disorders. Therefore there is no accurate test for people with AS or other brain differences.
Example:
People with AS are going to score as introverts in most cases. But are they actually introverts or it's just the lack of social skills that make them score as introverts? Who can tell that? For example, I do prefer one-to-one conversation, but that's just because in a group I feel overwhelmed and confused by all the people speaking around me because I can't filter background noise, not because group discussion by itself is tiring to me. So what am I really? An introvert? An extravert? I can't know.
Excellent points droppy. I have thought a lot about the same, whether or not I am truly an introvert, though it seems obvious that I would be. But I have some traits that are strongly extroverted. I need interaction with a variety of people and I feel out of sorts if I don't get it. I am unhappy I spend too much time alone.
I need time alone to retreat from other people, but I spend a lot of that time thinking about people and trying to sort out what happened with them, and/or prepare myself for the next time I will interact with them. I am not sure if I need the downtime because I truly need to be alone, or if I just need extra time to process what happens when I am around other people. I think it is some of both, but more the latter.
20 Jan 2014, 1:40 pm
