Comments on: IENJTFPS

By: Will

Will — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:20:40 +0000

i’m not surprise that you had two different letter sets … were you particularly stressed at one of the times? Jung noted that our personality “preferences” are like icebergs: what’s above the water, the smallest part, is that we show to the world; it’s the ways of being we use to cope with the day-to-day. The opposites of that type hide below the surface; during times of major stress (divorces, breakups, new relationships, new jobs, writing a book/dissertation, etc.), we show what’s in our ‘shadow’ — that part below the surface … these become important coping mechanism for us because we’ve decided, on some level, that our typical ways of being will not deal adequately with this current emotional or lived problem/situation … i love MBTI because it’s a useful rhetoric for the world we most want to see … of course, your “p” personality type is the very one that most hates these tests … which is funny every time i give it to my students because the same personality types always say, “oh, that doesn’t work; that’s not true” …

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:49:05 +0000

The fact that you see this as pigheonholing you tells as much about your personality as the actualy MB results probably will. If you can’t let go and make choices based on your gut your results won’t have nearly as much validity.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:22:45 +0000

Maybe a new trend would be a dating service based on MBTI score.

By: Tim Jarrett

Tim Jarrett — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:07:38 +0000

INTJ here, though at the end of college I tested as ENTP somehow. Every other time I took the test before or after I’ve been solidly INTJ.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:02:35 +0000

INFP here. Took the Meyers Briggs as well. Also seeing a career coach. Find the process interesting but at the same time I take it with a grain of salt. Lately since my interviews have picked up its been more about weeding through them and focusing on the ones I am most interested in. So its great to have as a sounding board.

By: zeegeezer

zeegeezer — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:40:50 +0000

That is such a P’s blog entry! Js don’t fuss about these things, since they already have an answer. (my elder daughter, a huge J, had a favorite for everything when she was little. She even had a favorite finger) Funnily enough I consistently tested INTX before I came out (x being balanced between J and P) Now I test as INFP. It would seem that part of the closeting thing might be hiding the F parts of oneself.